#DCD158#DCD158

#DCD158 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.141 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD158
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -10.94, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 60.81, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0345 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.142 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0790, 61.5231, 18.2571)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD158 #5863DC

analogous

#DC8F58 #DCD158 #A5DC58

triadic

#DCD158 #58DCD1 #D158DC

tetradic

#DCD158 #58DC8F #5863DC #DC58A5

square

#DCD158 #58DC8F #5863DC #DC58A5

split-complementary

#DCD158 #58A5DC #8F58DC

monochromatic

#998F20 #CCBF2B #DCD158 #E7DF8B #F1EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DCD158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD158

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD158	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)

#E2CA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8c',
    500: '#dcd158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd158;
$custom-light: #eade8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84674,
    "c": 0.1415,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD158

secondary

#3B439E

accent

#27CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD158

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

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