#DCD55B#DCD55B

#DCD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.143 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD55B
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -12.74, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 61.04, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0393 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.143 106)
XYZ	xyz(55.1996, 63.5612, 19.2563)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD55B #5B62DC

analogous

#DC945B #DCD55B #A2DC5B

triadic

#DCD55B #5BDCD5 #D55BDC

tetradic

#DCD55B #5BDC94 #5B62DC #DC5BA2

square

#DCD55B #5BDC94 #5B62DC #DC5BA2

split-complementary

#DCD55B #5BA2DC #945BDC

monochromatic

#9B9521 #CEC52C #DCD55B #E7E28D #F2EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DCD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD55B

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD55B	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)

#E6CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.143 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18e',
    500: '#dcd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd55b;
$custom-light: #eae18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8554,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.63559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD55B

secondary

#3C419F

accent

#23CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD55B

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

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