#DCD859#DCD859

#DCD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.148 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD859
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -14.37, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 63.07, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0442 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.148 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8760, 65.0503, 19.0619)
Luminance	0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD859 #595DDC

analogous

#DC9659 #DCD859 #9EDC59

triadic

#DCD859 #59DCD8 #D859DC

tetradic

#DCD859 #59DC96 #595DDC #DC599E

square

#DCD859 #59DC96 #595DDC #DC599E

split-complementary

#DCD859 #599EDC #9659DC

monochromatic

#9A9620 #CDC82B #DCD859 #E7E48C #F1F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD859

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD859	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)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.148 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38d',
    500: '#dcd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd859;
$custom-light: #eae38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8615,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD859

secondary

#3B3E9E

accent

#1ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD859

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

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