#DCD059#DCD059

#DCD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD059
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -10.36, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 60.00, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0328 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8762, 61.0506, 18.3953)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD059 #5965DC

analogous

#DC8E59 #DCD059 #A6DC59

triadic

#DCD059 #59DCD0 #D059DC

tetradic

#DCD059 #59DC8E #5965DC #DC59A6

square

#DCD059 #59DC8E #5965DC #DC59A6

split-complementary

#DCD059 #59A6DC #8E59DC

monochromatic

#9A8F20 #CDBE2B #DCD059 #E7DE8C #F1EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#DCD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD059

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD059	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8c',
    500: '#dcd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd059;
$custom-light: #eade8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84476,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD059

secondary

#3B449E

accent

#29CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD059

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

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