#DCD59F#DCD59F

#DCD59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.071 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD59F
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 27.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -5.92, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 28.26, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0142 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.071 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5677, 65.3085, 42.2620)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD59F #9FA6DC

analogous

#DCB79F #DCD59F #C5DC9F

triadic

#DCD59F #9FDCD5 #D59FDC

tetradic

#DCD59F #9FDCB7 #9FA6DC #DC9FC5

square

#DCD59F #9FDCB7 #9FA6DC #DC9FC5

split-complementary

#DCD59F #9FC5DC #B79FDC

monochromatic

#BBAE45 #CCC172 #DCD59F #ECE9CC #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DCD59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD59F

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD59F	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.071 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1bb',
    500: '#dcd59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd59f;
$custom-light: #e7e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86553,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD59F

secondary

#6B74B4

accent

#3CBA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD59F

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

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