#DCD759#DCD759

#DCD759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.147 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD759
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -13.88, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 62.68, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0428 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.147 107)
XYZ	xyz(55.6206, 64.5395, 18.9767)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD759 #595EDC

analogous

#DC9559 #DCD759 #9FDC59

triadic

#DCD759 #59DCD7 #D759DC

tetradic

#DCD759 #59DC95 #595EDC #DC599F

square

#DCD759 #59DC95 #595EDC #DC599F

split-complementary

#DCD759 #599FDC #9559DC

monochromatic

#9A9520 #CDC62B #DCD759 #E7E38C #F1EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DCD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD759

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD759	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.147 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38d',
    500: '#dcd759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd759;
$custom-light: #eae38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8594,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.64538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD759

secondary

#3B3F9E

accent

#1FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD759

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

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