#DCD563#DCD563

#DCD563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.136 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD563
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -12.15, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 57.52, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0368 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.136 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5632, 63.7067, 21.1717)
Luminance	0.6371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD563 #636ADC

analogous

#DC9963 #DCD563 #A6DC63

triadic

#DCD563 #63DCD5 #D563DC

tetradic

#DCD563 #63DC99 #636ADC #DC63A6

square

#DCD563 #63DC99 #636ADC #DC63A6

split-complementary

#DCD563 #63A6DC #9963DC

monochromatic

#A19924 #D1C831 #DCD563 #E7E295 #F2F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DCD563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD563

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD563	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.136 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e193',
    500: '#dcd563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd563;
$custom-light: #e9e193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85625,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD563

secondary

#3F45A4

accent

#25CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD563

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

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