#DCD74B#DCD74B

#DCD74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.157 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD74B
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -14.74, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 68.34, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0467 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.157 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0876, 64.3263, 16.1697)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD74B #4B50DC

analogous

#DC8E4B #DCD74B #98DC4B

triadic

#DCD74B #4BDCD7 #D74BDC

tetradic

#DCD74B #4BDC8E #4B50DC #DC4B98

square

#DCD74B #4BDC8E #4B50DC #DC4B98

split-complementary

#DCD74B #4B98DC #8E4BDC

monochromatic

#918C1C #C4BE26 #DCD74B #E6E27E #F0EEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DCD74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD74B

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD74B	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.157 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae385',
    500: '#dcd74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd74b;
$custom-light: #eae385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85816,
    "c": 0.15707,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD74B

secondary

#363996

accent

#43EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD74B

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

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