#DCD65D#DCD65D

#DCD65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.142 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD65D
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -13.10, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 60.57, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0401 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.142 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5393, 64.1008, 19.8009)
Luminance	0.6410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD65D #5D63DC

analogous

#DC975D #DCD65D #A3DC5D

triadic

#DCD65D #5DDCD6 #D65DDC

tetradic

#DCD65D #5DDC97 #5D63DC #DC5DA3

square

#DCD65D #5DDC97 #5D63DC #DC5DA3

split-complementary

#DCD65D #5DA3DC #975DDC

monochromatic

#9D9722 #CFC72D #DCD65D #E7E38F #F2EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DCD65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD65D

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD65D	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)

#E6CF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.142 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28f',
    500: '#dcd65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd65d;
$custom-light: #eae28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8577,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD65D

secondary

#3D41A1

accent

#22CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD65D

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

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