#DCD858#DCD858

#DCD858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.148 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD858
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 88)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -14.44, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 63.49, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0445 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.148 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8343, 65.0336, 18.8422)
Luminance	0.6503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD858 #585CDC

analogous

#DC9658 #DCD858 #9EDC58

triadic

#DCD858 #58DCD8 #D858DC

tetradic

#DCD858 #58DC96 #585CDC #DC589E

square

#DCD858 #58DC96 #585CDC #DC589E

split-complementary

#DCD858 #589EDC #9658DC

monochromatic

#999620 #CCC72B #DCD858 #E7E48B #F1F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD858

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD858	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.148 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38c',
    500: '#dcd858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd858;
$custom-light: #eae38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8614,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD858

secondary

#3B3E9E

accent

#1ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD858

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

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