#DCD765#DCD765

#DCD765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.136 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD765
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -13.00, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 57.43, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.039 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.136 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1662, 64.7578, 21.8502)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD765 #656ADC

analogous

#DC9B65 #DCD765 #A5DC65

triadic

#DCD765 #65DCD7 #D765DC

tetradic

#DCD765 #65DC9B #656ADC #DC65A5

square

#DCD765 #65DC9B #656ADC #DC65A5

split-complementary

#DCD765 #65A5DC #9B65DC

monochromatic

#A29D25 #D1CA33 #DCD765 #E7E497 #F3F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DCD765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD765

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD765	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.136 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e394',
    500: '#dcd765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd765;
$custom-light: #e9e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86066,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD765

secondary

#4044A5

accent

#22CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD765

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

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