#DCD85D#DCD85D

#DCD85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.144 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD85D
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -14.10, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 61.36, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.043 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.144 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0486, 65.1194, 19.9706)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD85D #5D61DC

analogous

#DC995D #DCD85D #A1DC5D

triadic

#DCD85D #5DDCD8 #D85DDC

tetradic

#DCD85D #5DDC99 #5D61DC #DC5DA1

square

#DCD85D #5DDC99 #5D61DC #DC5DA1

split-complementary

#DCD85D #5DA1DC #995DDC

monochromatic

#9D9922 #CFCA2D #DCD85D #E7E48F #F2F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DCD85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD85D

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD85D	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)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.144 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38f',
    500: '#dcd85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd85d;
$custom-light: #eae38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8619,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD85D

secondary

#3D40A1

accent

#1FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD85D

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

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