#DCD457#DCD457

#DCD457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD457
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -12.51, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 62.37, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.0391 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.7809, 62.9926, 18.2881)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD457 #575FDC

analogous

#DC9157 #DCD457 #A1DC57

triadic

#DCD457 #57DCD4 #D457DC

tetradic

#DCD457 #57DC91 #575FDC #DC57A1

square

#DCD457 #57DC91 #575FDC #DC57A1

split-complementary

#DCD457 #57A1DC #9157DC

monochromatic

#999120 #CBC22A #DCD457 #E7E18A #F1EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DCD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD457

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD457	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18b',
    500: '#dcd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd457;
$custom-light: #eae18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85291,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD457

secondary

#3A409D

accent

#23CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD457

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

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