#DCD59D#DCD59D

#DCD59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.073 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD59D
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -6.18, 28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 29.28, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.015 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.073 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3956, 65.2397, 41.3554)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD59D #9DA4DC

analogous

#DCB69D #DCD59D #C4DC9D

triadic

#DCD59D #9DDCD5 #D59DDC

tetradic

#DCD59D #9DDCB6 #9DA4DC #DC9DC4

square

#DCD59D #9DDCB6 #9DA4DC #DC9DC4

split-complementary

#DCD59D #9DC4DC #B69DDC

monochromatic

#BCAE43 #CCC270 #DCD59D #ECE8CA #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD59D

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD59D	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.073 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1ba',
    500: '#dcd59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd59d;
$custom-light: #e7e1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86514,
    "c": 0.07343,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD59D

secondary

#6972B4

accent

#3BBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD59D

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

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