#DCDA4D#DCDA4D

#DCDA4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.159 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA4D
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -16.11, 66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 68.70, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0504 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.159 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9281, 65.8960, 16.7928)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA4D #4D4FDC

analogous

#DC924D #DCDA4D #96DC4D

triadic

#DCDA4D #4DDCDA #DA4DDC

tetradic

#DCDA4D #4DDC92 #4D4FDC #DC4D96

square

#DCDA4D #4DDC92 #4D4FDC #DC4D96

split-complementary

#DCDA4D #4D96DC #924DDC

monochromatic

#92901D #C5C327 #DCDA4D #E6E580 #F0EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DCDA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA4D

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA4D	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.159 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae586',
    500: '#dcda4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda4d;
$custom-light: #eae586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86465,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA4D

secondary

#363897

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA4D

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

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