#DCD774#DCD774

#DCD774 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.122 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD774
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -11.72, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 50.49, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0338 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.122 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9693, 65.0790, 26.0801)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD774 #7479DC

analogous

#DCA374 #DCD774 #ADDC74

triadic

#DCD774 #74DCD7 #D774DC

tetradic

#DCD774 #74DCA3 #7479DC #DC74AD

square

#DCD774 #74DCA3 #7479DC #DC74AD

split-complementary

#DCD774 #74ADDC #A374DC

monochromatic

#ABA42B #D0C943 #DCD774 #E8E5A5 #F5F3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD774 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DCD774 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD774

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD774	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD774	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd774;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.122 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39e',
    500: '#dcd774',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd774;
$custom-light: #e9e39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd774",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86251,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD774

secondary

#474CAD

accent

#26C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD774

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

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