#DCD55D#DCD55D

#DCD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.141 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD55D
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -12.60, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 60.17, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0387 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.141 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2870, 63.5962, 19.7168)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD55D #5D64DC

analogous

#DC965D #DCD55D #A4DC5D

triadic

#DCD55D #5DDCD5 #D55DDC

tetradic

#DCD55D #5DDC96 #5D64DC #DC5DA4

square

#DCD55D #5DDC96 #5D64DC #DC5DA4

split-complementary

#DCD55D #5DA4DC #965DDC

monochromatic

#9D9622 #CFC62D #DCD55D #E7E28F #F2EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DCD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD55D

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD55D	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.141 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18f',
    500: '#dcd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd55d;
$custom-light: #eae18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85561,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD55D

secondary

#3D42A1

accent

#23CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD55D

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

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