#DCD83A#DCD83A

#DCD83A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.169 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD83A
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 73.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -16.06, 72.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 74.72, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.052 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.169 108)
XYZ	xyz(54.8369, 64.6347, 13.5893)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD83A #3A3EDC

analogous

#DC873A #DCD83A #8FDC3A

triadic

#DCD83A #3ADCD8 #D83ADC

tetradic

#DCD83A #3ADC87 #3A3EDC #DC3A8F

square

#DCD83A #3ADC87 #3A3EDC #DC3A8F

split-complementary

#DCD83A #3A8FDC #873ADC

monochromatic

#848117 #B8B421 #DCD83A #E5E26E #EEEDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#DCD83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD83A

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD83A	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.169 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe37c',
    500: '#dcd83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd83a;
$custom-light: #ebe37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 69.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8591,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.64633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD83A

secondary

#30328B

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD83A

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

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