#DCD55E#DCD55E

#DCD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.140 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD55E
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -12.53, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 59.74, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0384 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.14 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3316, 63.6141, 19.9516)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD55E #5E65DC

analogous

#DC965E #DCD55E #A4DC5E

triadic

#DCD55E #5EDCD5 #D55EDC

tetradic

#DCD55E #5EDC96 #5E65DC #DC5EA4

square

#DCD55E #5EDC96 #5E65DC #DC5EA4

split-complementary

#DCD55E #5EA4DC #965EDC

monochromatic

#9D9722 #D0C72D #DCD55E #E7E290 #F2EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DCD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD55E

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD55E	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)

#E5CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.140 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e190',
    500: '#dcd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd55e;
$custom-light: #e9e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85571,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD55E

secondary

#3D43A1

accent

#23CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD55E

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

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