#DCD565#DCD565

#DCD565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.134 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD565
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -12.00, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 56.62, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0361 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.134 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6600, 63.7454, 21.6815)
Luminance	0.6374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD565 #656CDC

analogous

#DC9A65 #DCD565 #A7DC65

triadic

#DCD565 #65DCD5 #D565DC

tetradic

#DCD565 #65DC9A #656CDC #DC65A7

square

#DCD565 #65DC9A #656CDC #DC65A7

split-complementary

#DCD565 #65A7DC #9A65DC

monochromatic

#A29A25 #D1C733 #DCD565 #E7E397 #F3F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DCD565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD565

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD565	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.134 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e194',
    500: '#dcd565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd565;
$custom-light: #e9e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85648,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD565

secondary

#4046A5

accent

#25CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD565

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

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