#DCD553#DCD553

#DCD553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.149 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD553
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -13.27, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 64.41, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.0417 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.149 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8727, 63.4305, 17.5348)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD553 #535ADC

analogous

#DC9053 #DCD553 #9FDC53

triadic

#DCD553 #53DCD5 #D553DC

tetradic

#DCD553 #53DC90 #535ADC #DC539F

square

#DCD553 #53DC90 #535ADC #DC539F

split-complementary

#DCD553 #539FDC #9053DC

monochromatic

#96901F #C9C129 #DCD553 #E6E186 #F1EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DCD553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD553

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD553	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.149 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae189',
    500: '#dcd553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd553;
$custom-light: #eae189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85464,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD553

secondary

#393E9B

accent

#47E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD553

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

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