#DCDA73#DCDA73

#DCDA73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.126 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA73
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -13.32, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 52.25, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0384 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.126 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6824, 66.5977, 26.0324)
Luminance	0.6660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA73 #7375DC

analogous

#DCA573 #DCDA73 #A9DC73

triadic

#DCDA73 #73DCDA #DA73DC

tetradic

#DCDA73 #73DCA5 #7375DC #DC73A9

square

#DCDA73 #73DCA5 #7375DC #DC73A9

split-complementary

#DCDA73 #73A9DC #A573DC

monochromatic

#AAA82B #D0CD42 #DCDA73 #E8E7A4 #F4F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DCDA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA73

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA73	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.126 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e59d',
    500: '#dcda73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda73;
$custom-light: #e9e59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86865,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA73

secondary

#4748AD

accent

#21C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA73

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

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