#DCDA71#DCDA71

#DCDA71 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.128 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA71
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 113)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -13.50, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 53.19, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0392 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.128 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5686, 66.5522, 25.4329)
Luminance	0.6655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA71 #7173DC

analogous

#DCA571 #DCDA71 #A8DC71

triadic

#DCDA71 #71DCDA #DA71DC

tetradic

#DCDA71 #71DCA5 #7173DC #DC71A8

square

#DCDA71 #71DCA5 #7173DC #DC71A8

split-complementary

#DCDA71 #71A8DC #A571DC

monochromatic

#A9A72A #D0CD40 #DCDA71 #E8E7A2 #F4F4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDA71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DCDA71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA71

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA71	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.128 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e59c',
    500: '#dcda71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda71;
$custom-light: #e9e59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86839,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA71

secondary

#4647AC

accent

#21C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA71

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

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