#DCD973#DCD973

#DCD973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.125 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD973
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 115)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -12.82, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 51.82, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.037 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.125 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4239, 66.0806, 25.9462)
Luminance	0.6608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD973 #7376DC

analogous

#DCA473 #DCD973 #AADC73

triadic

#DCD973 #73DCD9 #D973DC

tetradic

#DCD973 #73DCA4 #7376DC #DC73AA

square

#DCD973 #73DCA4 #7376DC #DC73AA

split-complementary

#DCD973 #73AADC #A473DC

monochromatic

#AAA62B #D0CC42 #DCD973 #E8E6A4 #F4F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DCD973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD973

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD973	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.125 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49d',
    500: '#dcd973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd973;
$custom-light: #e9e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86656,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD973

secondary

#4749AD

accent

#23C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD973

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

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