#DCD84C#DCD84C

#DCD84C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.157 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD84C
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 76)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -15.18, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 68.33, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0478 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.157 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3775, 64.8509, 16.4365)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD84C #4C50DC

analogous

#DC904C #DCD84C #98DC4C

triadic

#DCD84C #4CDCD8 #D84CDC

tetradic

#DCD84C #4CDC90 #4C50DC #DC4C98

square

#DCD84C #4CDC90 #4C50DC #DC4C98

split-complementary

#DCD84C #4C98DC #904CDC

monochromatic

#918E1C #C4C026 #DCD84C #E6E37F #F0EEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DCD84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD84C

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD84C	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.157 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae385',
    500: '#dcd84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd84c;
$custom-light: #eae385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86035,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD84C

secondary

#363996

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD84C

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

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