#DCD85F#DCD85F

#DCD85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; 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	#DCD85F
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -13.95, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 60.49, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0423 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.143 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1383, 65.1552, 20.4433)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD85F #5F63DC

analogous

#DC9A5F #DCD85F #A2DC5F

triadic

#DCD85F #5FDCD8 #D85FDC

tetradic

#DCD85F #5FDC9A #5F63DC #DC5FA2

square

#DCD85F #5FDC9A #5F63DC #DC5FA2

split-complementary

#DCD85F #5FA2DC #9A5FDC

monochromatic

#9E9A23 #D0CB2E #DCD85F #E7E491 #F2F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD85F

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD85F	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)

#E8D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.143 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e391',
    500: '#dcd85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd85f;
$custom-light: #e9e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8621,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD85F

secondary

#3E41A2

accent

#1FCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD85F

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

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