#DCD153#DCD153

#DCD153 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.145 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD153
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -11.26, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 62.92, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.036 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.145 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8790, 61.4431, 17.2035)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD153 #535EDC

analogous

#DC8C53 #DCD153 #A3DC53

triadic

#DCD153 #53DCD1 #D153DC

tetradic

#DCD153 #53DC8C #535EDC #DC53A3

square

#DCD153 #53DC8C #535EDC #DC53A3

split-complementary

#DCD153 #53A3DC #8C53DC

monochromatic

#968C1F #C9BC29 #DCD153 #E6DF86 #F1ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DCD153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD153

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD153	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.145 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade89',
    500: '#dcd153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd153;
$custom-light: #eade89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84627,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD153

secondary

#39419B

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD153

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

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