#DCD474#DCD474

#DCD474 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.119 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD474
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -10.21, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 49.23, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0295 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.119 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2124, 63.5652, 25.8278)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD474 #747CDC

analogous

#DCA074 #DCD474 #B0DC74

triadic

#DCD474 #74DCD4 #D474DC

tetradic

#DCD474 #74DCA0 #747CDC #DC74B0

square

#DCD474 #74DCA0 #747CDC #DC74B0

split-complementary

#DCD474 #74B0DC #A074DC

monochromatic

#ABA12B #D0C543 #DCD474 #E8E3A5 #F5F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DCD474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD474

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD474	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)

#E3CE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.119 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19e',
    500: '#dcd474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd474;
$custom-light: #e9e19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85627,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD474

secondary

#474FAD

accent

#2BC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD474

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

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