#DCD471#DCD471

#DCD471 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.122 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD471
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -10.49, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 50.66, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0305 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.122 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0408, 63.4965, 24.9236)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD471 #7179DC

analogous

#DC9E71 #DCD471 #AEDC71

triadic

#DCD471 #71DCD4 #D471DC

tetradic

#DCD471 #71DC9E #7179DC #DC71AE

square

#DCD471 #71DC9E #7179DC #DC71AE

split-complementary

#DCD471 #71AEDC #9E71DC

monochromatic

#A99F2A #D0C540 #DCD471 #E8E3A2 #F4F2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD471

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD471	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.122 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19c',
    500: '#dcd471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd471;
$custom-light: #e9e19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85587,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD471

secondary

#464DAC

accent

#2AC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD471

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

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