#DCD543#DCD543

#DCD543 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.160 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD543
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -14.17, 69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 70.60, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0459 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.16 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3247, 63.2113, 14.6485)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD543 #434ADC

analogous

#DC8943 #DCD543 #97DC43

triadic

#DCD543 #43DCD5 #D543DC

tetradic

#DCD543 #43DC89 #434ADC #DC4397

square

#DCD543 #43DC89 #434ADC #DC4397

split-complementary

#DCD543 #4397DC #8943DC

monochromatic

#8B861A #BEB723 #DCD543 #E6E177 #EFECAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DCD543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD543

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD543	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.160 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe180',
    500: '#dcd543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd543;
$custom-light: #ebe180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85335,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD543

secondary

#333790

accent

#44EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD543

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

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