#DCD659#DCD659

#DCD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD659
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -13.38, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 62.29, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0413 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3667, 64.0318, 18.8921)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD659 #595FDC

analogous

#DC9459 #DCD659 #A0DC59

triadic

#DCD659 #59DCD6 #D659DC

tetradic

#DCD659 #59DC94 #595FDC #DC59A0

square

#DCD659 #59DC94 #595FDC #DC59A0

split-complementary

#DCD659 #59A0DC #9459DC

monochromatic

#9A9520 #CDC52B #DCD659 #E7E28C #F1EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DCD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD659

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD659	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28d',
    500: '#dcd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd659;
$custom-light: #eae28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8573,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD659

secondary

#3B409E

accent

#21CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD659

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

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