#DCD55F#DCD55F

#DCD55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.139 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD55F
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -12.45, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 59.30, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0381 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.139 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3767, 63.6321, 20.1894)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD55F #5F66DC

analogous

#DC975F #DCD55F #A5DC5F

triadic

#DCD55F #5FDCD5 #D55FDC

tetradic

#DCD55F #5FDC97 #5F66DC #DC5FA5

square

#DCD55F #5FDC97 #5F66DC #DC5FA5

split-complementary

#DCD55F #5FA5DC #975FDC

monochromatic

#9E9723 #D0C72E #DCD55F #E7E291 #F2EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DCD55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD55F

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD55F	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.139 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e190',
    500: '#dcd55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd55f;
$custom-light: #e9e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85582,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD55F

secondary

#3E43A2

accent

#24CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD55F

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

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