#DCD57E#DCD57E

#DCD57E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.109 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD57E
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -9.75, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 44.82, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0272 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.109 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0765, 64.3120, 29.1414)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD57E #7E85DC

analogous

#DCA67E #DCD57E #B4DC7E

triadic

#DCD57E #7EDCD5 #D57EDC

tetradic

#DCD57E #7EDCA6 #7E85DC #DC7EB4

square

#DCD57E #7EDCA6 #7E85DC #DC7EB4

split-complementary

#DCD57E #7EB4DC #A67EDC

monochromatic

#B0A630 #CFC54E #DCD57E #E9E5AE #F6F4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DCD57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD57E

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD57E	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	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)

#E3CF77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.109 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a5',
    500: '#dcd57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd57e;
$custom-light: #e8e1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.532,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85978,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD57E

secondary

#4C54B2

accent

#2DC521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD57E

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

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