#DCD265#DCD265

#DCD265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.131 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD265
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -10.49, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 55.43, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0318 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.131 104)
XYZ	xyz(54.9124, 62.2502, 21.4323)
Luminance	0.6225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD265 #656FDC

analogous

#DC9665 #DCD265 #AADC65

triadic

#DCD265 #65DCD2 #D265DC

tetradic

#DCD265 #65DC96 #656FDC #DC65AA

square

#DCD265 #65DC96 #656FDC #DC65AA

split-complementary

#DCD265 #65AADC #9665DC

monochromatic

#A29725 #D1C333 #DCD265 #E7E197 #F3EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DCD265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD265

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD265	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.131 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df94',
    500: '#dcd265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd265;
$custom-light: #e9df94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85022,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.62248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD265

secondary

#4049A5

accent

#2ACB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD265

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

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