#DCD45C#DCD45C

#DCD45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.141 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD45C
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -12.17, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 60.22, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0376 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.141 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9922, 63.0771, 19.4015)
Luminance	0.6308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD45C #5C64DC

analogous

#DC945C #DCD45C #A4DC5C

triadic

#DCD45C #5CDCD4 #D45CDC

tetradic

#DCD45C #5CDC94 #5C64DC #DC5CA4

square

#DCD45C #5CDC94 #5C64DC #DC5CA4

split-complementary

#DCD45C #5CA4DC #945CDC

monochromatic

#9C9422 #CEC42C #DCD45C #E7E18E #F2EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DCD45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD45C

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD45C	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.141 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18e',
    500: '#dcd45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd45c;
$custom-light: #eae18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85341,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD45C

secondary

#3C43A0

accent

#24CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD45C

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

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