#DCD45E#DCD45E

#DCD45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.139 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD45E
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -12.03, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 59.35, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.037 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.139 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0808, 63.1126, 19.8680)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD45E #5E66DC

analogous

#DC955E #DCD45E #A5DC5E

triadic

#DCD45E #5EDCD4 #D45EDC

tetradic

#DCD45E #5EDC95 #5E66DC #DC5EA5

square

#DCD45E #5EDC95 #5E66DC #DC5EA5

split-complementary

#DCD45E #5EA5DC #955EDC

monochromatic

#9D9622 #D0C52D #DCD45E #E7E190 #F2EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DCD45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD45E

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD45E	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)

#E4CD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.139 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e190',
    500: '#dcd45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd45e;
$custom-light: #e9e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85362,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD45E

secondary

#3D43A1

accent

#25CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD45E

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

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