#DCD857#DCD857

#DCD857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.149 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD857
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -14.51, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 63.91, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0448 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.149 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7932, 65.0172, 18.6256)
Luminance	0.6502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD857 #575BDC

analogous

#DC9557 #DCD857 #9EDC57

triadic

#DCD857 #57DCD8 #D857DC

tetradic

#DCD857 #57DC95 #575BDC #DC579E

square

#DCD857 #57DC95 #575BDC #DC579E

split-complementary

#DCD857 #579EDC #9557DC

monochromatic

#999520 #CBC72A #DCD857 #E7E48A #F1F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DCD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD857

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD857	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.149 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38c',
    500: '#dcd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd857;
$custom-light: #eae38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86131,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD857

secondary

#3A3D9D

accent

#1ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD857

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

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