#DCD85E#DCD85E

#DCD85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.143 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD85E
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -14.03, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 60.93, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0426 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.143 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0931, 65.1372, 20.2054)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD85E #5E62DC

analogous

#DC995E #DCD85E #A1DC5E

triadic

#DCD85E #5EDCD8 #D85EDC

tetradic

#DCD85E #5EDC99 #5E62DC #DC5EA1

square

#DCD85E #5EDC99 #5E62DC #DC5EA1

split-complementary

#DCD85E #5EA1DC #995EDC

monochromatic

#9D9922 #D0CA2D #DCD85E #E7E490 #F2F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD85E

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD85E	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.143 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e390',
    500: '#dcd85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd85e;
$custom-light: #e9e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.862,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD85E

secondary

#3D40A1

accent

#1FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD85E

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

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