#DCD460#DCD460

#DCD460 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	#DCD460
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -11.88, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 58.46, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0363 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.138 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1717, 63.1489, 20.3468)
Luminance	0.6315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD460 #6068DC

analogous

#DC9660 #DCD460 #A6DC60

triadic

#DCD460 #60DCD4 #D460DC

tetradic

#DCD460 #60DC96 #6068DC #DC60A6

square

#DCD460 #60DC96 #6068DC #DC60A6

split-complementary

#DCD460 #60A6DC #9660DC

monochromatic

#9F9723 #D1C62E #DCD460 #E7E292 #F2EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DCD460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD460

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD460	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)

#E4CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.138 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e191',
    500: '#dcd460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd460;
$custom-light: #e9e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85383,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD460

secondary

#3E44A2

accent

#25CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD460

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

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