#DCD757#DCD757

#DCD757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.148 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD757
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -14.01, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 63.52, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0434 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.148 107)
XYZ	xyz(55.5378, 64.5064, 18.5404)
Luminance	0.6451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD757 #575CDC

analogous

#DC9457 #DCD757 #9FDC57

triadic

#DCD757 #57DCD7 #D757DC

tetradic

#DCD757 #57DC94 #575CDC #DC579F

square

#DCD757 #57DC94 #575CDC #DC579F

split-complementary

#DCD757 #579FDC #9457DC

monochromatic

#999420 #CBC52A #DCD757 #E7E38A #F1EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#DCD757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD757

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD757	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.148 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38c',
    500: '#dcd757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd757;
$custom-light: #eae38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85921,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.64505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD757

secondary

#3A3E9D

accent

#1FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD757

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

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