#DCD15B#DCD15B

#DCD15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.139 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD15B
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -10.73, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 59.51, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0336 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.139 104)
XYZ	xyz(54.2059, 61.5738, 18.9251)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD15B #5B66DC

analogous

#DC905B #DCD15B #A6DC5B

triadic

#DCD15B #5BDCD1 #D15BDC

tetradic

#DCD15B #5BDC90 #5B66DC #DC5BA6

square

#DCD15B #5BDC90 #5B66DC #DC5BA6

split-complementary

#DCD15B #5BA6DC #905BDC

monochromatic

#9B9121 #CEC02C #DCD15B #E7DF8D #F2EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#DCD15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD15B

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD15B	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)

#E2CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.139 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8e',
    500: '#dcd15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd15b;
$custom-light: #eade8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84705,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.61572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD15B

secondary

#3C449F

accent

#28CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD15B

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

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