#DCD157#DCD157

#DCD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD157
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -11.00, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 61.24, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0348 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0379, 61.5066, 18.0405)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD157 #5762DC

analogous

#DC8F57 #DCD157 #A4DC57

triadic

#DCD157 #57DCD1 #D157DC

tetradic

#DCD157 #57DC8F #5762DC #DC57A4

square

#DCD157 #57DC8F #5762DC #DC57A4

split-complementary

#DCD157 #57A4DC #8F57DC

monochromatic

#998F20 #CBBE2A #DCD157 #E7DF8A #F1EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DCD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD157

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD157	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8b',
    500: '#dcd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd157;
$custom-light: #eade8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84664,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD157

secondary

#3A429D

accent

#27CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD157

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

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