#DCD55A#DCD55A

#DCD55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.144 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD55A
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -12.81, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 61.47, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0396 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.144 106)
XYZ	xyz(55.1567, 63.5441, 19.0307)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD55A #5A61DC

analogous

#DC945A #DCD55A #A2DC5A

triadic

#DCD55A #5ADCD5 #D55ADC

tetradic

#DCD55A #5ADC94 #5A61DC #DC5AA2

square

#DCD55A #5ADC94 #5A61DC #DC5AA2

split-complementary

#DCD55A #5AA2DC #945ADC

monochromatic

#9B9421 #CDC52C #DCD55A #E7E28C #F1EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DCD55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD55A

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD55A	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)

#E6CE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.144 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18d',
    500: '#dcd55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd55a;
$custom-light: #eae18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8553,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.63542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD55A

secondary

#3B419F

accent

#22CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD55A

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

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