#DCD85A#DCD85A

#DCD85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.147 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD85A
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -14.31, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 62.65, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0439 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.147 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9183, 65.0672, 19.2845)
Luminance	0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD85A #5A5EDC

analogous

#DC975A #DCD85A #9FDC5A

triadic

#DCD85A #5ADCD8 #D85ADC

tetradic

#DCD85A #5ADC97 #5A5EDC #DC5A9F

square

#DCD85A #5ADC97 #5A5EDC #DC5A9F

split-complementary

#DCD85A #5A9FDC #975ADC

monochromatic

#9B9721 #CDC82C #DCD85A #E7E48C #F1F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD85A

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD85A	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)

#E8D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.147 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38d',
    500: '#dcd85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd85a;
$custom-light: #eae38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8616,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD85A

secondary

#3B3F9F

accent

#1ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD85A

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

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