#DCD453#DCD453

#DCD453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.148 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD453
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -12.77, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 64.04, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0403 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.148 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6219, 62.9290, 17.4512)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD453 #535BDC

analogous

#DC8F53 #DCD453 #A0DC53

triadic

#DCD453 #53DCD4 #D453DC

tetradic

#DCD453 #53DC8F #535BDC #DC53A0

square

#DCD453 #53DC8F #535BDC #DC53A0

split-complementary

#DCD453 #53A0DC #8F53DC

monochromatic

#968F1F #C9C029 #DCD453 #E6E186 #F1EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DCD453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD453

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD453	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.148 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae089',
    500: '#dcd453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd453;
$custom-light: #eae089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85254,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD453

secondary

#393E9B

accent

#49E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD453

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

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