#DCD649#DCD649

#DCD649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.157 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD649
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -14.35, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 68.74, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0458 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.157 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7664, 63.7917, 15.7302)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD649 #494FDC

analogous

#DC8C49 #DCD649 #99DC49

triadic

#DCD649 #49DCD6 #D649DC

tetradic

#DCD649 #49DC8C #494FDC #DC4999

square

#DCD649 #49DC8C #494FDC #DC4999

split-complementary

#DCD649 #4999DC #8C49DC

monochromatic

#8F8A1C #C2BC25 #DCD649 #E6E27C #F0EDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DCD649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD649

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD649	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.157 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae283',
    500: '#dcd649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd649;
$custom-light: #eae283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8559,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD649

secondary

#353994

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD649

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

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