#DCD053#DCD053

#DCD053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.145 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD053
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -10.76, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 62.56, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0346 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.145 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6344, 60.9539, 17.1220)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD053 #535FDC

analogous

#DC8C53 #DCD053 #A3DC53

triadic

#DCD053 #53DCD0 #D053DC

tetradic

#DCD053 #53DC8C #535FDC #DC53A3

square

#DCD053 #53DC8C #535FDC #DC53A3

split-complementary

#DCD053 #53A3DC #8C53DC

monochromatic

#968C1F #C9BB29 #DCD053 #E6DE86 #F1ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#DCD053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD053

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD053	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)

#E1C944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.145 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade89',
    500: '#dcd053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd053;
$custom-light: #eade89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84418,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD053

secondary

#39419B

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD053

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

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