#DCD257#DCD257

#DCD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD257
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -11.51, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 61.61, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0362 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2840, 61.9988, 18.1225)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD257 #5761DC

analogous

#DC9057 #DCD257 #A3DC57

triadic

#DCD257 #57DCD2 #D257DC

tetradic

#DCD257 #57DC90 #5761DC #DC57A3

square

#DCD257 #57DC90 #5761DC #DC57A3

split-complementary

#DCD257 #57A3DC #9057DC

monochromatic

#999020 #CBBF2A #DCD257 #E7E08A #F1EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DCD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD257

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD257	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf8b',
    500: '#dcd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd257;
$custom-light: #eadf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84873,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD257

secondary

#3A429D

accent

#26CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD257

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

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