#DCD450#DCD450

#DCD450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.151 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD450
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -12.96, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 65.26, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0411 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.151 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5086, 62.8837, 16.8543)
Luminance	0.6288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD450 #5058DC

analogous

#DC8E50 #DCD450 #9EDC50

triadic

#DCD450 #50DCD4 #D450DC

tetradic

#DCD450 #50DC8E #5058DC #DC509E

square

#DCD450 #50DC8E #5058DC #DC509E

split-complementary

#DCD450 #509EDC #8E50DC

monochromatic

#948D1E #C7BE28 #DCD450 #E6E183 #F0EDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#DCD450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD450

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD450	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.151 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae087',
    500: '#dcd450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd450;
$custom-light: #eae087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85227,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD450

secondary

#383D99

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD450

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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