#DCD260#DCD260

#DCD260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD260
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -10.87, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 57.68, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0334 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6749, 62.1552, 20.1812)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD260 #606ADC

analogous

#DC9460 #DCD260 #A8DC60

triadic

#DCD260 #60DCD2 #D260DC

tetradic

#DCD260 #60DC94 #606ADC #DC60A8

square

#DCD260 #60DC94 #606ADC #DC60A8

split-complementary

#DCD260 #60A8DC #9460DC

monochromatic

#9F9523 #D1C42E #DCD260 #E7E092 #F2EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DCD260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD260

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD260	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df91',
    500: '#dcd260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd260;
$custom-light: #e9df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84966,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD260

secondary

#3E46A2

accent

#28CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD260

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

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