#DCD94D#DCD94D

#DCD94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.158 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD94D
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -15.62, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 68.32, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.049 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.158 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6695, 65.3789, 16.7067)
Luminance	0.6538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD94D #4D50DC

analogous

#DC914D #DCD94D #97DC4D

triadic

#DCD94D #4DDCD9 #D94DDC

tetradic

#DCD94D #4DDC91 #4D50DC #DC4D97

square

#DCD94D #4DDC91 #4D50DC #DC4D97

split-complementary

#DCD94D #4D97DC #914DDC

monochromatic

#928F1D #C5C227 #DCD94D #E6E480 #F0EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DCD94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD94D

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD94D	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.158 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae486',
    500: '#dcd94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd94d;
$custom-light: #eae486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86254,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD94D

secondary

#363897

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD94D

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

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