#DCD65B#DCD65B

#DCD65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.144 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD65B
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -13.24, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 61.43, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0407 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.144 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4519, 64.0659, 19.3404)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD65B #5B61DC

analogous

#DC955B #DCD65B #A1DC5B

triadic

#DCD65B #5BDCD6 #D65BDC

tetradic

#DCD65B #5BDC95 #5B61DC #DC5BA1

square

#DCD65B #5BDC95 #5B61DC #DC5BA1

split-complementary

#DCD65B #5BA1DC #955BDC

monochromatic

#9B9621 #CEC62C #DCD65B #E7E38D #F2EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DCD65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD65B

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD65B	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)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.144 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28e',
    500: '#dcd65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd65b;
$custom-light: #eae28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8575,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD65B

secondary

#3C409F

accent

#21CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD65B

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

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