#DCD159#DCD159

#DCD159 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 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD159
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -10.87, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 60.38, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0342 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.141 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1207, 61.5398, 18.4768)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD159 #5964DC

analogous

#DC8F59 #DCD159 #A5DC59

triadic

#DCD159 #59DCD1 #D159DC

tetradic

#DCD159 #59DC8F #5964DC #DC59A5

square

#DCD159 #59DC8F #5964DC #DC59A5

split-complementary

#DCD159 #59A5DC #8F59DC

monochromatic

#9A9020 #CDBF2B #DCD159 #E7DF8C #F1EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#DCD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD159

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD159	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8c',
    500: '#dcd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd159;
$custom-light: #eade8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84684,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD159

secondary

#3B439E

accent

#28CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD159

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

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