#DCD59E#DCD59E

#DCD59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.072 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD59E
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -6.05, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 28.77, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0146 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.072 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4813, 65.2739, 41.8069)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD59E #9EA5DC

analogous

#DCB69E #DCD59E #C4DC9E

triadic

#DCD59E #9EDCD5 #D59EDC

tetradic

#DCD59E #9EDCB6 #9EA5DC #DC9EC4

square

#DCD59E #9EDCB6 #9EA5DC #DC9EC4

split-complementary

#DCD59E #9EC4DC #B69EDC

monochromatic

#BCAE44 #CCC271 #DCD59E #ECE8CB #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD59E

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD59E	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)

#DFD19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.072 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1bb',
    500: '#dcd59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd59e;
$custom-light: #e7e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86533,
    "c": 0.07221,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD59E

secondary

#6A73B4

accent

#3BBA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD59E

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

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