#DCCD59#DCCD59

#DCCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCD59
RGB	rgb(220, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -8.85, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 58.90, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0284 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(53.1516, 59.6016, 18.1538)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCD59 #5968DC

analogous

#DC8B59 #DCCD59 #A9DC59

triadic

#DCCD59 #59DCCD #CD59DC

tetradic

#DCCD59 #59DC8B #5968DC #DC59A9

square

#DCCD59 #59DC8B #5968DC #DC59A9

split-complementary

#DCCD59 #59A9DC #8B59DC

monochromatic

#9A8C20 #CDBA2B #DCCD59 #E7DC8C #F1EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DCCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCD59

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCD59	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8c',
    500: '#dccd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccd59;
$custom-light: #eadc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83853,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCD59

secondary

#3B469E

accent

#2DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCD59

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

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