#DCD57B#DCD57B

#DCD57B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.112 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD57B
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 123)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 44.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -10.05, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 46.28, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0283 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.112 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8858, 64.2357, 28.1372)
Luminance	0.6423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD57B #7B82DC

analogous

#DCA57B #DCD57B #B3DC7B

triadic

#DCD57B #7BDCD5 #D57BDC

tetradic

#DCD57B #7BDCA5 #7B82DC #DC7BB3

square

#DCD57B #7BDCA5 #7B82DC #DC7BB3

split-complementary

#DCD57B #7BB3DC #A57BDC

monochromatic

#AEA52E #CFC64B #DCD57B #E9E4AB #F6F4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD57B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DCD57B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD57B

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD57B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD57B	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd57b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.112 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a3',
    500: '#dcd57b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd57b;
$custom-light: #e8e1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd57b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.67,
    "s": 58.084,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85933,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD57B

secondary

#4B52B1

accent

#2CC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD57B

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

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