#DCD558#DCD558

#DCD558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.145 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD558
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -12.95, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 62.32, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0402 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.145 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0727, 63.5105, 18.5884)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD558 #585FDC

analogous

#DC9358 #DCD558 #A1DC58

triadic

#DCD558 #58DCD5 #D558DC

tetradic

#DCD558 #58DC93 #585FDC #DC58A1

square

#DCD558 #58DC93 #585FDC #DC58A1

split-complementary

#DCD558 #58A1DC #9358DC

monochromatic

#999320 #CCC32B #DCD558 #E7E28B #F1EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD558

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD558	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.145 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18c',
    500: '#dcd558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd558;
$custom-light: #eae18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85511,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD558

secondary

#3B409E

accent

#22CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD558

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

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