#DCD65F#DCD65F

#DCD65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.140 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD65F
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -12.95, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 59.69, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0395 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.14 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6290, 64.1367, 20.2735)
Luminance	0.6413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD65F #5F65DC

analogous

#DC985F #DCD65F #A4DC5F

triadic

#DCD65F #5FDCD6 #D65FDC

tetradic

#DCD65F #5FDC98 #5F65DC #DC5FA4

square

#DCD65F #5FDC98 #5F65DC #DC5FA4

split-complementary

#DCD65F #5FA4DC #985FDC

monochromatic

#9E9823 #D0C82E #DCD65F #E7E391 #F2F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DCD65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD65F

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD65F	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.140 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e290',
    500: '#dcd65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd65f;
$custom-light: #e9e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85791,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD65F

secondary

#3E42A2

accent

#22CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD65F

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

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