#DCD972#DCD972

#DCD972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.126 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD972
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -12.91, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 52.29, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0374 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.126 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3666, 66.0577, 25.6448)
Luminance	0.6606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD972 #7275DC

analogous

#DCA472 #DCD972 #AADC72

triadic

#DCD972 #72DCD9 #D972DC

tetradic

#DCD972 #72DCA4 #7275DC #DC72AA

square

#DCD972 #72DCA4 #7275DC #DC72AA

split-complementary

#DCD972 #72AADC #A472DC

monochromatic

#AAA62A #D0CC41 #DCD972 #E8E6A3 #F4F3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DCD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD972

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD972	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)

#E8D269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.126 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49d',
    500: '#dcd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd972;
$custom-light: #e9e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86643,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD972

secondary

#4649AC

accent

#22C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD972

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

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