#DCD05E#DCD05E

#DCD05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD05E
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, -10.01, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 57.81, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0312 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0933, 61.1375, 19.5388)
Luminance	0.6114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD05E #5E6ADC

analogous

#DC915E #DCD05E #A9DC5E

triadic

#DCD05E #5EDCD0 #D05EDC

tetradic

#DCD05E #5EDC91 #5E6ADC #DC5EA9

square

#DCD05E #5EDC91 #5E6ADC #DC5EA9

split-complementary

#DCD05E #5EA9DC #915EDC

monochromatic

#9D9222 #D0C02D #DCD05E #E7DF90 #F2EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#DCD05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD05E

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD05E	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de8f',
    500: '#dcd05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd05e;
$custom-light: #e9de8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84528,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD05E

secondary

#3D47A1

accent

#2ACC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD05E

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

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