#DCD052#DCD052

#DCD052 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD052
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -10.82, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 62.97, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0349 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5961, 60.9386, 16.9201)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD052 #525EDC

analogous

#DC8B52 #DCD052 #A3DC52

triadic

#DCD052 #52DCD0 #D052DC

tetradic

#DCD052 #52DC8B #525EDC #DC52A3

square

#DCD052 #52DC8B #525EDC #DC52A3

split-complementary

#DCD052 #52A3DC #8B52DC

monochromatic

#958B1E #C8BA29 #DCD052 #E6DE85 #F1ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#DCD052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD052

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD052	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade88',
    500: '#dcd052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd052;
$custom-light: #eade88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84409,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD052

secondary

#38419A

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD052

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

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