#DCDA4F#DCDA4F

#DCDA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.157 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA4F
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -16.00, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 67.92, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0498 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.157 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9998, 65.9246, 17.1705)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA4F #4F51DC

analogous

#DC934F #DCDA4F #97DC4F

triadic

#DCDA4F #4FDCDA #DA4FDC

tetradic

#DCDA4F #4FDC93 #4F51DC #DC4F97

square

#DCDA4F #4FDC93 #4F51DC #DC4F97

split-complementary

#DCDA4F #4F97DC #934FDC

monochromatic

#93921D #C6C427 #DCDA4F #E6E582 #F0EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DCDA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA4F

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA4F	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)

#EBD13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.157 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae587',
    500: '#dcda4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda4f;
$custom-light: #eae587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86482,
    "c": 0.15717,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA4F

secondary

#373998

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA4F

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

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