#DCD253#DCD253

#DCD253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.146 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD253
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -11.77, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 63.29, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0374 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.146 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1251, 61.9353, 17.2856)
Luminance	0.6193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD253 #535DDC

analogous

#DC8D53 #DCD253 #A2DC53

triadic

#DCD253 #53DCD2 #D253DC

tetradic

#DCD253 #53DC8D #535DDC #DC53A2

square

#DCD253 #53DC8D #535DDC #DC53A2

split-complementary

#DCD253 #53A2DC #8D53DC

monochromatic

#968D1F #C9BD29 #DCD253 #E6DF86 #F1EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DCD253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD253

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD253	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.146 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf89',
    500: '#dcd253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd253;
$custom-light: #eadf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84835,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD253

secondary

#39409B

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD253

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

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