#DCD465#DCD465

#DCD465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.133 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD465
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -11.50, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 56.22, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0347 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.133 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4093, 63.2439, 21.5979)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD465 #656DDC

analogous

#DC9865 #DCD465 #A9DC65

triadic

#DCD465 #65DCD4 #D465DC

tetradic

#DCD465 #65DC98 #656DDC #DC65A9

square

#DCD465 #65DC98 #656DDC #DC65A9

split-complementary

#DCD465 #65A9DC #9865DC

monochromatic

#A29925 #D1C633 #DCD465 #E7E297 #F3F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DCD465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD465

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD465	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.133 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e194',
    500: '#dcd465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd465;
$custom-light: #e9e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85439,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD465

secondary

#4047A5

accent

#27CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD465

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

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