#DCD971#DCD971

#DCD971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.127 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD971
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -13.00, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 52.76, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0377 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.127 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3100, 66.0351, 25.3467)
Luminance	0.6603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD971 #7174DC

analogous

#DCA471 #DCD971 #A9DC71

triadic

#DCD971 #71DCD9 #D971DC

tetradic

#DCD971 #71DCA4 #7174DC #DC71A9

square

#DCD971 #71DCA4 #7174DC #DC71A9

split-complementary

#DCD971 #71A9DC #A471DC

monochromatic

#A9A52A #D0CC40 #DCD971 #E8E6A2 #F4F3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DCD971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD971

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD971	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.127 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49c',
    500: '#dcd971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd971;
$custom-light: #e9e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8663,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD971

secondary

#4648AC

accent

#22C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD971

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

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