#DCD85C#DCD85C

#DCD85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.145 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD85C
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -14.17, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 61.79, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0433 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.145 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0046, 65.1018, 19.7389)
Luminance	0.6510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD85C #5C60DC

analogous

#DC985C #DCD85C #A0DC5C

triadic

#DCD85C #5CDCD8 #D85CDC

tetradic

#DCD85C #5CDC98 #5C60DC #DC5CA0

square

#DCD85C #5CDC98 #5C60DC #DC5CA0

split-complementary

#DCD85C #5CA0DC #985CDC

monochromatic

#9C9822 #CEC92C #DCD85C #E7E48E #F2F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DCD85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD85C

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD85C	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)

#E8D04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.145 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38f',
    500: '#dcd85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd85c;
$custom-light: #eae38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8618,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD85C

secondary

#3C3FA0

accent

#1FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD85C

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

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