#DCD74E#DCD74E

#DCD74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.155 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD74E
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -14.57, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 67.18, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0459 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.155 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1927, 64.3684, 16.7232)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD74E #4E53DC

analogous

#DC904E #DCD74E #9ADC4E

triadic

#DCD74E #4EDCD7 #D74EDC

tetradic

#DCD74E #4EDC90 #4E53DC #DC4E9A

square

#DCD74E #4EDC90 #4E53DC #DC4E9A

split-complementary

#DCD74E #4E9ADC #904EDC

monochromatic

#938E1D #C6C027 #DCD74E #E6E381 #F0EEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DCD74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD74E

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD74E	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)

#E8CF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.155 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae386',
    500: '#dcd74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd74e;
$custom-light: #eae386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85841,
    "c": 0.15494,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD74E

secondary

#373A97

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD74E

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

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