#DCD470#DCD470

#DCD470 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.123 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD470
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 112)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 49.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -10.57, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 51.13, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0309 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.123 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9848, 63.4741, 24.6287)
Luminance	0.6347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD470 #7078DC

analogous

#DC9E70 #DCD470 #AEDC70

triadic

#DCD470 #70DCD4 #D470DC

tetradic

#DCD470 #70DC9E #7078DC #DC70AE

square

#DCD470 #70DC9E #7078DC #DC70AE

split-complementary

#DCD470 #70AEDC #9E70DC

monochromatic

#A89F29 #D0C53F #DCD470 #E8E3A1 #F4F2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DCD470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD470

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD470	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.123 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19b',
    500: '#dcd470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd470;
$custom-light: #e9e19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85574,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD470

secondary

#454DAB

accent

#2AC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD470

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

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