#DCDA72#DCDA72

#DCDA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.127 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA72
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, -13.41, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 52.72, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0388 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.127 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6252, 66.5748, 25.7310)
Luminance	0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA72 #7274DC

analogous

#DCA572 #DCDA72 #A9DC72

triadic

#DCDA72 #72DCDA #DA72DC

tetradic

#DCDA72 #72DCA5 #7274DC #DC72A9

square

#DCDA72 #72DCA5 #7274DC #DC72A9

split-complementary

#DCDA72 #72A9DC #A572DC

monochromatic

#AAA72A #D0CD41 #DCDA72 #E8E7A3 #F4F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DCDA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA72

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA72	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)

#E9D369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.127 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e59d',
    500: '#dcda72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda72;
$custom-light: #e9e59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86852,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA72

secondary

#4648AC

accent

#21C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA72

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

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