#DCD57D#DCD57D

#DCD57D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.110 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD57D
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 125)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -9.85, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 45.31, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0276 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.11 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0123, 64.2863, 28.8033)
Luminance	0.6429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD57D #7D84DC

analogous

#DCA57D #DCD57D #B3DC7D

triadic

#DCD57D #7DDCD5 #D57DDC

tetradic

#DCD57D #7DDCA5 #7D84DC #DC7DB3

square

#DCD57D #7DDCA5 #7D84DC #DC7DB3

split-complementary

#DCD57D #7DB3DC #A57DDC

monochromatic

#AFA62F #CFC54D #DCD57D #E9E5AD #F6F4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DCD57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD57D

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD57D	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.110 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a4',
    500: '#dcd57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd57d;
$custom-light: #e8e1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85963,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD57D

secondary

#4C53B2

accent

#2CC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD57D

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

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