#DCD65E#DCD65E

#DCD65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.141 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD65E
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -13.03, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 60.13, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0398 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.141 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5839, 64.1187, 20.0357)
Luminance	0.6412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD65E #5E64DC

analogous

#DC975E #DCD65E #A3DC5E

triadic

#DCD65E #5EDCD6 #D65EDC

tetradic

#DCD65E #5EDC97 #5E64DC #DC5EA3

square

#DCD65E #5EDC97 #5E64DC #DC5EA3

split-complementary

#DCD65E #5EA3DC #975EDC

monochromatic

#9D9822 #D0C82D #DCD65E #E7E390 #F2F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DCD65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD65E

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD65E	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)

#E6CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.141 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e290',
    500: '#dcd65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd65e;
$custom-light: #e9e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8578,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD65E

secondary

#3D42A1

accent

#22CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD65E

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

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