#DCD974#DCD974

#DCD974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.124 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD974
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -12.73, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 51.35, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0367 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.124 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4817, 66.1038, 26.2509)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD974 #7477DC

analogous

#DCA574 #DCD974 #ABDC74

triadic

#DCD974 #74DCD9 #D974DC

tetradic

#DCD974 #74DCA5 #7477DC #DC74AB

square

#DCD974 #74DCA5 #7477DC #DC74AB

split-complementary

#DCD974 #74ABDC #A574DC

monochromatic

#ABA72B #D0CC43 #DCD974 #E8E6A5 #F5F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DCD974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD974

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD974	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)

#E8D26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.124 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49e',
    500: '#dcd974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd974;
$custom-light: #e9e49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86669,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD974

secondary

#474AAD

accent

#23C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD974

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

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