#DCD35B#DCD35B

#DCD35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.141 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD35B
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -11.74, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 60.27, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0365 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.141 105)
XYZ	xyz(54.6996, 62.5613, 19.0897)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD35B #5B64DC

analogous

#DC925B #DCD35B #A4DC5B

triadic

#DCD35B #5BDCD3 #D35BDC

tetradic

#DCD35B #5BDC92 #5B64DC #DC5BA4

square

#DCD35B #5BDC92 #5B64DC #DC5BA4

split-complementary

#DCD35B #5BA4DC #925BDC

monochromatic

#9B9321 #CEC32C #DCD35B #E7E18D #F2EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD35B

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD35B	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)

#E4CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.141 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08e',
    500: '#dcd35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd35b;
$custom-light: #eae08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85122,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.6256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD35B

secondary

#3C439F

accent

#25CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD35B

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

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