#DCD59A#DCD59A

#DCD59A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.077 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD59A
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 154)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -6.56, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 30.81, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0162 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.077 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1426, 65.1385, 40.0230)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD59A #9AA1DC

analogous

#DCB49A #DCD59A #C2DC9A

triadic

#DCD59A #9ADCD5 #D59ADC

tetradic

#DCD59A #9ADCB4 #9AA1DC #DC9AC2

square

#DCD59A #9ADCB4 #9AA1DC #DC9AC2

split-complementary

#DCD59A #9AC2DC #B49ADC

monochromatic

#BBAE41 #CCC26D #DCD59A #ECE8C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD59A

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD59A	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.077 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b8',
    500: '#dcd59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd59a;
$custom-light: #e7e1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 48.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86456,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD59A

secondary

#666FB4

accent

#39BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD59A

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

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