#DCD45D#DCD45D

#DCD45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD45D
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -12.10, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 59.78, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0373 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0362, 63.0947, 19.6332)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD45D #5D65DC

analogous

#DC955D #DCD45D #A5DC5D

triadic

#DCD45D #5DDCD4 #D45DDC

tetradic

#DCD45D #5DDC95 #5D65DC #DC5DA5

square

#DCD45D #5DDC95 #5D65DC #DC5DA5

split-complementary

#DCD45D #5DA5DC #955DDC

monochromatic

#9D9522 #CFC52D #DCD45D #E7E18F #F2EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DCD45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD45D

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD45D	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)

#E4CD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18f',
    500: '#dcd45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd45d;
$custom-light: #eae18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85351,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD45D

secondary

#3D43A1

accent

#25CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD45D

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

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