#DCD469#DCD469

#DCD469 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.129 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD469
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -11.17, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 54.39, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0333 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.129 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6101, 63.3242, 22.6553)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD469 #6971DC

analogous

#DC9A69 #DCD469 #AADC69

triadic

#DCD469 #69DCD4 #D469DC

tetradic

#DCD469 #69DC9A #6971DC #DC69AA

square

#DCD469 #69DC9A #6971DC #DC69AA

split-complementary

#DCD469 #69AADC #9A69DC

monochromatic

#A49C26 #D0C637 #DCD469 #E8E29B #F3F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DCD469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD469

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD469	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.129 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e197',
    500: '#dcd469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd469;
$custom-light: #e9e197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85486,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD469

secondary

#4249A7

accent

#28CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD469

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

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