#DCD65C#DCD65C

#DCD65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.143 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD65C
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -13.17, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 61.00, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0404 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.143 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4953, 64.0832, 19.5691)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD65C #5C62DC

analogous

#DC965C #DCD65C #A2DC5C

triadic

#DCD65C #5CDCD6 #D65CDC

tetradic

#DCD65C #5CDC96 #5C62DC #DC5CA2

square

#DCD65C #5CDC96 #5C62DC #DC5CA2

split-complementary

#DCD65C #5CA2DC #965CDC

monochromatic

#9C9622 #CEC72C #DCD65C #E7E38E #F2EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DCD65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD65C

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD65C	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.143 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28f',
    500: '#dcd65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd65c;
$custom-light: #eae28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8576,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD65C

secondary

#3C41A0

accent

#21CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD65C

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

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