#DCD057#DCD057

#DCD057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD057
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -10.50, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 60.87, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0334 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7933, 61.0175, 17.9589)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD057 #5763DC

analogous

#DC8D57 #DCD057 #A6DC57

triadic

#DCD057 #57DCD0 #D057DC

tetradic

#DCD057 #57DC8D #5763DC #DC57A6

square

#DCD057 #57DC8D #5763DC #DC57A6

split-complementary

#DCD057 #57A6DC #8D57DC

monochromatic

#998E20 #CBBD2A #DCD057 #E7DE8A #F1ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#DCD057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD057

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD057	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8b',
    500: '#dcd057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd057;
$custom-light: #eade8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84456,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD057

secondary

#3A439D

accent

#28CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD057

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

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