#DCD59B#DCD59B

#DCD59B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.076 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD59B
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 155)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -6.43, 29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 30.30, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0158 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.076 102)
XYZ	xyz(59.2262, 65.1719, 40.4635)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD59B #9BA2DC

analogous

#DCB49B #DCD59B #C2DC9B

triadic

#DCD59B #9BDCD5 #D59BDC

tetradic

#DCD59B #9BDCB4 #9BA2DC #DC9BC2

square

#DCD59B #9BDCB4 #9BA2DC #DC9BC2

split-complementary

#DCD59B #9BC2DC #B49BDC

monochromatic

#BBAE41 #CCC26E #DCD59B #ECE8C8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD59B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD59B	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)

#E0D197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.076 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b9',
    500: '#dcd59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd59b;
$custom-light: #e7e1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86475,
    "c": 0.07586,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.65171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD59B

secondary

#6770B4

accent

#3ABB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD59B

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

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