#DCD473#DCD473

#DCD473 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.120 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD473
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -10.30, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 49.71, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0298 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.12 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1546, 63.5421, 25.5231)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD473 #737BDC

analogous

#DC9F73 #DCD473 #AFDC73

triadic

#DCD473 #73DCD4 #D473DC

tetradic

#DCD473 #73DC9F #737BDC #DC73AF

square

#DCD473 #73DC9F #737BDC #DC73AF

split-complementary

#DCD473 #73AFDC #9F73DC

monochromatic

#AAA02B #D0C542 #DCD473 #E8E3A4 #F4F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DCD473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD473

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD473	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.120 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19d',
    500: '#dcd473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd473;
$custom-light: #e9e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85614,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD473

secondary

#474EAD

accent

#2BC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD473

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

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