#DCD35E#DCD35E

#DCD35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.138 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD35E
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -11.52, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 58.96, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0355 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.138 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8316, 62.6142, 19.7849)
Luminance	0.6261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD35E #5E67DC

analogous

#DC945E #DCD35E #A6DC5E

triadic

#DCD35E #5EDCD3 #D35EDC

tetradic

#DCD35E #5EDC94 #5E67DC #DC5EA6

square

#DCD35E #5EDC94 #5E67DC #DC5EA6

split-complementary

#DCD35E #5EA6DC #945EDC

monochromatic

#9D9522 #D0C42D #DCD35E #E7E190 #F2EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DCD35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD35E

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD35E	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)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.138 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e090',
    500: '#dcd35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd35e;
$custom-light: #e9e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85153,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD35E

secondary

#3D44A1

accent

#26CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD35E

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

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