#DCD57F#DCD57F

#DCD57F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.108 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD57F
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 127)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -9.65, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 44.33, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0268 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.108 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1413, 64.3380, 29.4830)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD57F #7F86DC

analogous

#DCA67F #DCD57F #B4DC7F

triadic

#DCD57F #7FDCD5 #D57FDC

tetradic

#DCD57F #7FDCA6 #7F86DC #DC7FB4

square

#DCD57F #7FDCA6 #7F86DC #DC7FB4

split-complementary

#DCD57F #7FB4DC #A67FDC

monochromatic

#B0A730 #CFC54F #DCD57F #E9E5AF #F6F5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD57F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DCD57F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD57F

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD57F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD57F	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd57f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.108 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a5',
    500: '#dcd57f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd57f;
$custom-light: #e8e1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd57f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.484,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85993,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD57F

secondary

#4D54B2

accent

#2DC521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD57F

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

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