#DCD853#DCD853

#DCD853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.152 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD853
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -14.76, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 65.56, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0459 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.152 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6343, 64.9536, 17.7886)
Luminance	0.6495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD853 #5357DC

analogous

#DC9453 #DCD853 #9CDC53

triadic

#DCD853 #53DCD8 #D853DC

tetradic

#DCD853 #53DC94 #5357DC #DC539C

square

#DCD853 #53DC94 #5357DC #DC539C

split-complementary

#DCD853 #539CDC #9453DC

monochromatic

#96931F #C9C429 #DCD853 #E6E486 #F1EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#DCD853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD853

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD853	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.152 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae389',
    500: '#dcd853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd853;
$custom-light: #eae389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86094,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD853

secondary

#393C9B

accent

#44E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD853

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

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