#DCDA4B#DCDA4B

#DCDA4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.160 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA4B
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -16.23, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 69.47, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0509 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.16 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8585, 65.8681, 16.4266)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA4B #4B4DDC

analogous

#DC914B #DCDA4B #96DC4B

triadic

#DCDA4B #4BDCDA #DA4BDC

tetradic

#DCDA4B #4BDC91 #4B4DDC #DC4B96

square

#DCDA4B #4BDC91 #4B4DDC #DC4B96

split-complementary

#DCDA4B #4B96DC #914BDC

monochromatic

#918F1C #C4C226 #DCDA4B #E6E57E #F0EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DCDA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA4B

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA4B	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.160 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae585',
    500: '#dcda4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda4b;
$custom-light: #eae585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86449,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA4B

secondary

#363796

accent

#40EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA4B

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

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