#DCD65A#DCD65A

#DCD65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.145 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD65A
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -13.31, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 61.86, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0411 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.145 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4090, 64.0487, 19.1148)
Luminance	0.6405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD65A #5A60DC

analogous

#DC955A #DCD65A #A1DC5A

triadic

#DCD65A #5ADCD6 #D65ADC

tetradic

#DCD65A #5ADC95 #5A60DC #DC5AA1

square

#DCD65A #5ADC95 #5A60DC #DC5AA1

split-complementary

#DCD65A #5AA1DC #955ADC

monochromatic

#9B9521 #CDC62C #DCD65A #E7E38C #F1EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DCD65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD65A

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD65A	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)

#E7CF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.145 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28d',
    500: '#dcd65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd65a;
$custom-light: #eae28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8574,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD65A

secondary

#3B409F

accent

#21CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD65A

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

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