#DCD874#DCD874

#DCD874 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.123 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD874
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -12.23, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 50.92, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0352 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.123 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2248, 65.5898, 26.1653)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD874 #7478DC

analogous

#DCA474 #DCD874 #ACDC74

triadic

#DCD874 #74DCD8 #D874DC

tetradic

#DCD874 #74DCA4 #7478DC #DC74AC

square

#DCD874 #74DCA4 #7478DC #DC74AC

split-complementary

#DCD874 #74ACDC #A474DC

monochromatic

#ABA62B #D0CA43 #DCD874 #E8E6A5 #F5F3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DCD874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD874

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD874	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.123 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39e',
    500: '#dcd874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd874;
$custom-light: #e9e39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8646,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD874

secondary

#474BAD

accent

#25C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD874

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

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