#DCD46D#DCD46D

#DCD46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.126 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD46D
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -10.84, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 52.54, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.032 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.126 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8205, 63.4084, 23.7637)
Luminance	0.6341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD46D #6D75DC

analogous

#DC9D6D #DCD46D #ACDC6D

triadic

#DCD46D #6DDCD4 #D46DDC

tetradic

#DCD46D #6DDC9D #6D75DC #DC6DAC

square

#DCD46D #6DDC9D #6D75DC #DC6DAC

split-complementary

#DCD46D #6DACDC #9D6DDC

monochromatic

#A79E28 #D0C53C #DCD46D #E8E39E #F4F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#DCD46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD46D

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD46D	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	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)

#E3CE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.126 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e199',
    500: '#dcd46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd46d;
$custom-light: #e9e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85535,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD46D

secondary

#444BAA

accent

#29C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD46D

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

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