#DCD94B#DCD94B

#DCD94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.159 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD94B
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -15.73, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 69.09, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0495 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.159 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6000, 65.3511, 16.3405)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD94B #4B4EDC

analogous

#DC914B #DCD94B #96DC4B

triadic

#DCD94B #4BDCD9 #D94BDC

tetradic

#DCD94B #4BDC91 #4B4EDC #DC4B96

square

#DCD94B #4BDC91 #4B4EDC #DC4B96

split-complementary

#DCD94B #4B96DC #914BDC

monochromatic

#918E1C #C4C026 #DCD94B #E6E47E #F0EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DCD94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD94B

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD94B	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)

#EAD137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.159 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae485',
    500: '#dcd94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd94b;
$custom-light: #eae485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86238,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD94B

secondary

#363896

accent

#41EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD94B

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

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