#DCD259#DCD259

#DCD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.142 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD259
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -11.37, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 60.75, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0356 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.142 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3668, 62.0320, 18.5588)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD259 #5963DC

analogous

#DC9059 #DCD259 #A4DC59

triadic

#DCD259 #59DCD2 #D259DC

tetradic

#DCD259 #59DC90 #5963DC #DC59A4

square

#DCD259 #59DC90 #5963DC #DC59A4

split-complementary

#DCD259 #59A4DC #9059DC

monochromatic

#9A9120 #CDC02B #DCD259 #E7E08C #F1EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#DCD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD259

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD259	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.142 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf8c',
    500: '#dcd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd259;
$custom-light: #eadf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84893,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD259

secondary

#3B439E

accent

#26CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD259

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

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