#DCD05B#DCD05B

#DCD05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD05B
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -10.23, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 59.13, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0322 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9613, 61.0847, 18.8436)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD05B #5B67DC

analogous

#DC8F5B #DCD05B #A7DC5B

triadic

#DCD05B #5BDCD0 #D05BDC

tetradic

#DCD05B #5BDC8F #5B67DC #DC5BA7

square

#DCD05B #5BDC8F #5B67DC #DC5BA7

split-complementary

#DCD05B #5BA7DC #8F5BDC

monochromatic

#9B9021 #CEBF2C #DCD05B #E7DE8D #F2EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#DCD05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD05B

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD05B	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8e',
    500: '#dcd05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd05b;
$custom-light: #eade8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84496,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD05B

secondary

#3C459F

accent

#2ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD05B

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

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