#DCD357#DCD357

#DCD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD357
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -12.01, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 61.99, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0377 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5316, 62.4942, 18.2051)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD357 #5760DC

analogous

#DC9157 #DCD357 #A2DC57

triadic

#DCD357 #57DCD3 #D357DC

tetradic

#DCD357 #57DC91 #5760DC #DC57A2

square

#DCD357 #57DC91 #5760DC #DC57A2

split-complementary

#DCD357 #57A2DC #9157DC

monochromatic

#999120 #CBC12A #DCD357 #E7E08A #F1EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD357

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD357	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08b',
    500: '#dcd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd357;
$custom-light: #eae08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85082,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD357

secondary

#3A419D

accent

#24CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD357

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

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