#DCD74D#DCD74D

#DCD74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.156 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD74D
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -14.63, 65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 67.57, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0462 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.156 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1571, 64.3541, 16.5359)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD74D #4D52DC

analogous

#DC8F4D #DCD74D #99DC4D

triadic

#DCD74D #4DDCD7 #D74DDC

tetradic

#DCD74D #4DDC8F #4D52DC #DC4D99

square

#DCD74D #4DDC8F #4D52DC #DC4D99

split-complementary

#DCD74D #4D99DC #8F4DDC

monochromatic

#928E1D #C5C027 #DCD74D #E6E280 #F0EEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DCD74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD74D

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD74D	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)

#E8CF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.156 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae386',
    500: '#dcd74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd74d;
$custom-light: #eae386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85832,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD74D

secondary

#363A97

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD74D

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

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