#DCD943#DCD943

#DCD943 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.164 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD943
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -16.15, 70.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 72.04, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0514 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.164 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3432, 65.2484, 14.9880)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD943 #4346DC

analogous

#DC8D43 #DCD943 #93DC43

triadic

#DCD943 #43DCD9 #D943DC

tetradic

#DCD943 #43DC8D #4346DC #DC4393

square

#DCD943 #43DC8D #4346DC #DC4393

split-complementary

#DCD943 #4393DC #8D43DC

monochromatic

#8B891A #BEBB23 #DCD943 #E6E377 #EFEEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD943

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD943	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.164 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe480',
    500: '#dcd943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd943;
$custom-light: #ebe480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86179,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD943

secondary

#333590

accent

#40EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD943

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

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