#DCD359#DCD359

#DCD359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.143 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD359
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -11.88, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 61.13, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0371 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.143 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6145, 62.5273, 18.6414)
Luminance	0.6252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD359 #5962DC

analogous

#DC9159 #DCD359 #A3DC59

triadic

#DCD359 #59DCD3 #D359DC

tetradic

#DCD359 #59DC91 #5962DC #DC59A3

square

#DCD359 #59DC91 #5962DC #DC59A3

split-complementary

#DCD359 #59A3DC #9159DC

monochromatic

#9A9220 #CDC22B #DCD359 #E7E08C #F1EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD359

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD359	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.143 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08c',
    500: '#dcd359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd359;
$custom-light: #eae08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85102,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD359

secondary

#3B429E

accent

#25CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD359

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

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