#DCD46C#DCD46C

#DCD46C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.127 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD46C
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -10.92, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 53.00, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0323 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.127 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7670, 63.3870, 23.4818)
Luminance	0.6339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD46C #6C74DC

analogous

#DC9C6C #DCD46C #ACDC6C

triadic

#DCD46C #6CDCD4 #D46CDC

tetradic

#DCD46C #6CDC9C #6C74DC #DC6CAC

square

#DCD46C #6CDC9C #6C74DC #DC6CAC

split-complementary

#DCD46C #6CACDC #9C6CDC

monochromatic

#A69D28 #D0C63B #DCD46C #E8E29D #F4F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD46C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#DCD46C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD46C

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD46C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD46C	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd46c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.127 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e199',
    500: '#dcd46c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd46c;
$custom-light: #e9e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd46c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85523,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD46C

secondary

#434AA9

accent

#29C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD46C

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

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