#DCD94F#DCD94F

#DCD94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.156 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD94F
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -15.50, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 67.54, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0484 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.156 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7412, 65.4076, 17.0843)
Luminance	0.6541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD94F #4F52DC

analogous

#DC924F #DCD94F #98DC4F

triadic

#DCD94F #4FDCD9 #D94FDC

tetradic

#DCD94F #4FDC92 #4F52DC #DC4F98

square

#DCD94F #4FDC92 #4F52DC #DC4F98

split-complementary

#DCD94F #4F98DC #924FDC

monochromatic

#93911D #C6C327 #DCD94F #E6E482 #F0EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DCD94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD94F

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD94F	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)

#EAD13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.156 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae487',
    500: '#dcd94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd94f;
$custom-light: #eae487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86271,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD94F

secondary

#373998

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD94F

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

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