#DCD571#DCD571

#DCD571 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.123 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD571
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -10.99, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 51.07, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.032 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.123 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2915, 63.9980, 25.0072)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD571 #7178DC

analogous

#DCA071 #DCD571 #ADDC71

triadic

#DCD571 #71DCD5 #D571DC

tetradic

#DCD571 #71DCA0 #7178DC #DC71AD

square

#DCD571 #71DCA0 #7178DC #DC71AD

split-complementary

#DCD571 #71ADDC #A071DC

monochromatic

#A9A12A #D0C640 #DCD571 #E8E4A2 #F4F2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DCD571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD571

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD571	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.123 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19c',
    500: '#dcd571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd571;
$custom-light: #e9e19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85795,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD571

secondary

#464CAC

accent

#29C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD571

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

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