#DCD559#DCD559

#DCD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.145 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD559
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -12.88, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 61.90, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0399 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.145 106)
XYZ	xyz(55.1144, 63.5272, 18.8080)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD559 #5960DC

analogous

#DC9359 #DCD559 #A1DC59

triadic

#DCD559 #59DCD5 #D559DC

tetradic

#DCD559 #59DC93 #5960DC #DC59A1

square

#DCD559 #59DC93 #5960DC #DC59A1

split-complementary

#DCD559 #59A1DC #9359DC

monochromatic

#9A9420 #CDC42B #DCD559 #E7E28C #F1EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DCD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD559

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD559	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.145 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18d',
    500: '#dcd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd559;
$custom-light: #eae18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8552,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.63525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD559

secondary

#3B409E

accent

#22CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD559

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

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