#DCD85B#DCD85B

#DCD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.146 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD85B
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -14.24, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 62.22, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0436 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.146 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9611, 65.0844, 19.5102)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD85B #5B5FDC

analogous

#DC975B #DCD85B #9FDC5B

triadic

#DCD85B #5BDCD8 #D85BDC

tetradic

#DCD85B #5BDC97 #5B5FDC #DC5B9F

square

#DCD85B #5BDC97 #5B5FDC #DC5B9F

split-complementary

#DCD85B #5B9FDC #975BDC

monochromatic

#9B9821 #CEC92C #DCD85B #E7E48D #F2F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DCD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD85B

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD85B	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.146 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38e',
    500: '#dcd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd85b;
$custom-light: #eae38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8617,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD85B

secondary

#3C3F9F

accent

#1ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD85B

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

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