#DCD54D#DCD54D

#DCD54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.154 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD54D
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -13.63, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 66.83, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0433 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.154 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6510, 63.3418, 16.3671)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD54D #4D54DC

analogous

#DC8D4D #DCD54D #9BDC4D

triadic

#DCD54D #4DDCD5 #D54DDC

tetradic

#DCD54D #4DDC8D #4D54DC #DC4D9B

square

#DCD54D #4DDC8D #4D54DC #DC4D9B

split-complementary

#DCD54D #4D9BDC #8D4DDC

monochromatic

#928C1D #C5BD27 #DCD54D #E6E180 #F0EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DCD54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD54D

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD54D	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.154 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae186',
    500: '#dcd54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd54d;
$custom-light: #eae186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85412,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD54D

secondary

#363B97

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD54D

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

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