#DCDA3C#DCDA3C

#DCDA3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.169 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA3C
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -16.96, 72.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 74.78, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0544 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.169 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4043, 65.6864, 14.0344)
Luminance	0.6569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA3C #3C3EDC

analogous

#DC8A3C #DCDA3C #8EDC3C

triadic

#DCDA3C #3CDCDA #DA3CDC

tetradic

#DCDA3C #3CDC8A #3C3EDC #DC3C8E

square

#DCDA3C #3CDC8A #3C3EDC #DC3C8E

split-complementary

#DCDA3C #3C8EDC #8A3CDC

monochromatic

#868418 #BAB821 #DCDA3C #E5E470 #EFEEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCDA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DCDA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA3C

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA3C	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.169 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe57d',
    500: '#dcda3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda3c;
$custom-light: #ebe57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86346,
    "c": 0.16928,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA3C

secondary

#30318C

accent

#3EEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA3C

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

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