#DCD15E#DCD15E

#DCD15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.136 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD15E
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -10.52, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 58.19, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0326 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.136 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3379, 61.6266, 19.6203)
Luminance	0.6162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD15E #5E69DC

analogous

#DC925E #DCD15E #A8DC5E

triadic

#DCD15E #5EDCD1 #D15EDC

tetradic

#DCD15E #5EDC92 #5E69DC #DC5EA8

square

#DCD15E #5EDC92 #5E69DC #DC5EA8

split-complementary

#DCD15E #5EA8DC #925EDC

monochromatic

#9D9322 #D0C12D #DCD15E #E7DF90 #F2EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DCD15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD15E

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD15E	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.136 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de8f',
    500: '#dcd15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd15e;
$custom-light: #e9de8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84736,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD15E

secondary

#3D46A1

accent

#29CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD15E

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

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