#DCD45B#DCD45B

#DCD45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.142 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD45B
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -12.24, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 60.65, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0379 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.142 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9488, 63.0598, 19.1728)
Luminance	0.6306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD45B #5B63DC

analogous

#DC935B #DCD45B #A3DC5B

triadic

#DCD45B #5BDCD4 #D45BDC

tetradic

#DCD45B #5BDC93 #5B63DC #DC5BA3

square

#DCD45B #5BDC93 #5B63DC #DC5BA3

split-complementary

#DCD45B #5BA3DC #935BDC

monochromatic

#9B9421 #CEC42C #DCD45B #E7E18D #F2EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DCD45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD45B

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD45B	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)

#E5CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.142 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18e',
    500: '#dcd45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd45b;
$custom-light: #eae18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85331,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD45B

secondary

#3C429F

accent

#24CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD45B

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

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