#DCD970#DCD970

#DCD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.128 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD970
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 49.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -13.09, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 53.22, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0381 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.128 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2540, 66.0127, 25.0518)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD970 #7073DC

analogous

#DCA370 #DCD970 #A9DC70

triadic

#DCD970 #70DCD9 #D970DC

tetradic

#DCD970 #70DCA3 #7073DC #DC70A9

square

#DCD970 #70DCA3 #7073DC #DC70A9

split-complementary

#DCD970 #70A9DC #A370DC

monochromatic

#A8A529 #D0CC3F #DCD970 #E8E6A1 #F4F3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DCD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD970

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD970	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.128 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49b',
    500: '#dcd970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd970;
$custom-light: #e9e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86617,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD970

secondary

#4548AB

accent

#22C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD970

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

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