#DCD749#DCD749

#DCD749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.158 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD749
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -14.85, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 69.11, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0472 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.158 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0202, 64.2994, 15.8148)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD749 #494EDC

analogous

#DC8D49 #DCD749 #98DC49

triadic

#DCD749 #49DCD7 #D749DC

tetradic

#DCD749 #49DC8D #494EDC #DC4998

square

#DCD749 #49DC8D #494EDC #DC4998

split-complementary

#DCD749 #4998DC #8D49DC

monochromatic

#8F8B1C #C2BD25 #DCD749 #E6E27C #F0EEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DCD749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD749

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD749	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.158 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae383',
    500: '#dcd749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd749;
$custom-light: #eae383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85801,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD749

secondary

#353894

accent

#43EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD749

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

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