#DCD873#DCD873

#DCD873 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.124 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD873
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 115)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -12.32, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 51.39, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0356 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.124 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1669, 65.5667, 25.8606)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD873 #7377DC

analogous

#DCA373 #DCD873 #ABDC73

triadic

#DCD873 #73DCD8 #D873DC

tetradic

#DCD873 #73DCA3 #7377DC #DC73AB

square

#DCD873 #73DCA3 #7377DC #DC73AB

split-complementary

#DCD873 #73ABDC #A373DC

monochromatic

#AAA52B #D0CA42 #DCD873 #E8E6A4 #F4F3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DCD873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD873

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD873	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.124 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39d',
    500: '#dcd873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd873;
$custom-light: #e9e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86447,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD873

secondary

#474AAD

accent

#24C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD873

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

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