#DCD45F#DCD45F

#DCD45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.138 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD45F
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -11.95, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 58.91, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0366 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.138 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1260, 63.1306, 20.1059)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD45F #5F67DC

analogous

#DC965F #DCD45F #A6DC5F

triadic

#DCD45F #5FDCD4 #D45FDC

tetradic

#DCD45F #5FDC96 #5F67DC #DC5FA6

square

#DCD45F #5FDC96 #5F67DC #DC5FA6

split-complementary

#DCD45F #5FA6DC #965FDC

monochromatic

#9E9623 #D0C62E #DCD45F #E7E191 #F2EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DCD45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD45F

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD45F	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.138 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e190',
    500: '#dcd45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd45f;
$custom-light: #e9e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85373,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD45F

secondary

#3E44A2

accent

#25CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD45F

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

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