#DCD45A#DCD45A

#DCD45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.143 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD45A
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -12.31, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 61.09, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0382 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.143 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9060, 63.0426, 18.9471)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD45A #5A62DC

analogous

#DC935A #DCD45A #A3DC5A

triadic

#DCD45A #5ADCD4 #D45ADC

tetradic

#DCD45A #5ADC93 #5A62DC #DC5AA3

square

#DCD45A #5ADC93 #5A62DC #DC5AA3

split-complementary

#DCD45A #5AA3DC #935ADC

monochromatic

#9B9321 #CDC32C #DCD45A #E7E18C #F1EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DCD45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD45A

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD45A	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.143 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18d',
    500: '#dcd45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd45a;
$custom-light: #eae18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85321,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD45A

secondary

#3B429F

accent

#24CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD45A

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

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