#DCD459#DCD459

#DCD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.144 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD459
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -12.38, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 61.51, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0385 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.144 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.8637, 63.0257, 18.7244)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD459 #5961DC

analogous

#DC9259 #DCD459 #A2DC59

triadic

#DCD459 #59DCD4 #D459DC

tetradic

#DCD459 #59DC92 #5961DC #DC59A2

square

#DCD459 #59DC92 #5961DC #DC59A2

split-complementary

#DCD459 #59A2DC #9259DC

monochromatic

#9A9320 #CDC32B #DCD459 #E7E18C #F1EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DCD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD459

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD459	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)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.144 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18d',
    500: '#dcd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd459;
$custom-light: #eae18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85311,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD459

secondary

#3B419E

accent

#24CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD459

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

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