#DCD57A#DCD57A

#DCD57A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.113 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD57A
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 44.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -10.15, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 46.76, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0287 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.113 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8235, 64.2108, 27.8092)
Luminance	0.6421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD57A #7A81DC

analogous

#DCA47A #DCD57A #B2DC7A

triadic

#DCD57A #7ADCD5 #D57ADC

tetradic

#DCD57A #7ADCA4 #7A81DC #DC7AB2

square

#DCD57A #7ADCA4 #7A81DC #DC7AB2

split-complementary

#DCD57A #7AB2DC #A47ADC

monochromatic

#AEA52E #CFC64A #DCD57A #E9E4AA #F6F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#DCD57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD57A

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD57A	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.113 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a2',
    500: '#dcd57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd57a;
$custom-light: #e8e1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85919,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD57A

secondary

#4A51B0

accent

#2BC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD57A

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

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