#DCD569#DCD569

#DCD569 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.130 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD569
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -11.68, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 54.80, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0348 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.13 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8608, 63.8257, 22.7389)
Luminance	0.6382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD569 #6970DC

analogous

#DC9B69 #DCD569 #A9DC69

triadic

#DCD569 #69DCD5 #D569DC

tetradic

#DCD569 #69DC9B #6970DC #DC69A9

square

#DCD569 #69DC9B #6970DC #DC69A9

split-complementary

#DCD569 #69A9DC #9B69DC

monochromatic

#A49D26 #D0C737 #DCD569 #E8E39B #F3F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DCD569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD569

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD569	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.130 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e197',
    500: '#dcd569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd569;
$custom-light: #e9e197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85695,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD569

secondary

#4248A7

accent

#26CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD569

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

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