#DCD472#DCD472

#DCD472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.121 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD472
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -10.40, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 50.18, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0302 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.121 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0974, 63.5192, 25.2217)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD472 #727ADC

analogous

#DC9F72 #DCD472 #AFDC72

triadic

#DCD472 #72DCD4 #D472DC

tetradic

#DCD472 #72DC9F #727ADC #DC72AF

square

#DCD472 #72DC9F #727ADC #DC72AF

split-complementary

#DCD472 #72AFDC #9F72DC

monochromatic

#AAA02A #D0C541 #DCD472 #E8E3A3 #F4F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD472

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD472	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)

#E3CE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.121 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19d',
    500: '#dcd472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd472;
$custom-light: #e9e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.856,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD472

secondary

#464EAC

accent

#2AC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD472

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

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