#DCDA74#DCDA74

#DCDA74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.125 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA74
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -13.23, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 51.78, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0381 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.125 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7403, 66.6208, 26.3371)
Luminance	0.6662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA74 #7476DC

analogous

#DCA674 #DCDA74 #AADC74

triadic

#DCDA74 #74DCDA #DA74DC

tetradic

#DCDA74 #74DCA6 #7476DC #DC74AA

square

#DCDA74 #74DCA6 #7476DC #DC74AA

split-complementary

#DCDA74 #74AADC #A674DC

monochromatic

#ABA82B #D0CD43 #DCDA74 #E8E7A5 #F5F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DCDA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA74

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA74	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)

#E9D36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.125 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e59e',
    500: '#dcda74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda74;
$custom-light: #e9e59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86878,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA74

secondary

#4749AD

accent

#21C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA74

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

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