#DCD946#DCD946

#DCD946 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.162 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD946
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 68.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -16.00, 69.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 70.96, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0507 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.162 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4355, 65.2853, 15.4743)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD946 #4649DC

analogous

#DC8E46 #DCD946 #94DC46

triadic

#DCD946 #46DCD9 #D946DC

tetradic

#DCD946 #46DC8E #4649DC #DC4694

square

#DCD946 #46DC8E #4649DC #DC4694

split-complementary

#DCD946 #4694DC #8E46DC

monochromatic

#8D8B1B #C0BD24 #DCD946 #E6E479 #EFEEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DCD946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD946

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD946	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.162 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae482',
    500: '#dcd946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd946;
$custom-light: #eae482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.862,
    "c": 0.16234,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD946

secondary

#343692

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD946

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

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