#DCD94A#DCD94A

#DCD94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD94A
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -15.79, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 69.47, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0497 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5660, 65.3375, 16.1616)
Luminance	0.6534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD94A #4A4DDC

analogous

#DC904A #DCD94A #96DC4A

triadic

#DCD94A #4ADCD9 #D94ADC

tetradic

#DCD94A #4ADC90 #4A4DDC #DC4A96

square

#DCD94A #4ADC90 #4A4DDC #DC4A96

split-complementary

#DCD94A #4A96DC #904ADC

monochromatic

#908D1C #C3C026 #DCD94A #E6E47D #F0EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DCD94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD94A

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD94A	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae484',
    500: '#dcd94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd94a;
$custom-light: #eae484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8623,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD94A

secondary

#353795

accent

#41EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD94A

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

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