#DCDF40#DCDF40

#DCDF40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.172 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDF40
RGB	rgb(220, 223, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -19.24, 72.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 75.27, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0604 0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.172 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8302, 68.3627, 15.0512)
Luminance	0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDF40 #4340DF

analogous

#DF9340 #DCDF40 #8DDF40

triadic

#DCDF40 #40DCDF #DF40DC

tetradic

#DCDF40 #40DF93 #4340DF #DF408D

square

#DCDF40 #40DF93 #4340DF #DF408D

split-complementary

#DCDF40 #408DDF #9340DF

monochromatic

#8B8D18 #BEC120 #DCDF40 #E6E874 #EFF1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DCDF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDF40

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDF40	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 223, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.172 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe87f',
    500: '#dcdf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdf40;
$custom-light: #ebe87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87432,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDF40

secondary

#333192

accent

#3AEE3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDF40

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

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