#DCD35D#DCD35D

#DCD35D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.139 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD35D
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -11.60, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 59.40, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0358 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.139 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7870, 62.5963, 19.5501)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD35D #5D66DC

analogous

#DC945D #DCD35D #A6DC5D

triadic

#DCD35D #5DDCD3 #D35DDC

tetradic

#DCD35D #5DDC94 #5D66DC #DC5DA6

square

#DCD35D #5DDC94 #5D66DC #DC5DA6

split-complementary

#DCD35D #5DA6DC #945DDC

monochromatic

#9D9422 #CFC42D #DCD35D #E7E18F #F2EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DCD35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD35D

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD35D	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.139 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08f',
    500: '#dcd35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd35d;
$custom-light: #eae08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85143,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD35D

secondary

#3D44A1

accent

#26CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD35D

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

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