#DCD94C#DCD94C

#DCD94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.158 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD94C
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -15.68, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 68.71, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0492 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.158 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6345, 65.3649, 16.5221)
Luminance	0.6536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD94C #4C4FDC

analogous

#DC914C #DCD94C #97DC4C

triadic

#DCD94C #4CDCD9 #D94CDC

tetradic

#DCD94C #4CDC91 #4C4FDC #DC4C97

square

#DCD94C #4CDC91 #4C4FDC #DC4C97

split-complementary

#DCD94C #4C97DC #914CDC

monochromatic

#918F1C #C4C126 #DCD94C #E6E47F #F0EFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DCD94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD94C

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD94C	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)

#EAD138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.158 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae485',
    500: '#dcd94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd94c;
$custom-light: #eae485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86246,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD94C

secondary

#363896

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD94C

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

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