#DCD860#DCD860

#DCD860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.142 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD860
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -13.88, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 60.06, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.042 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.142 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1841, 65.1735, 20.6842)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD860 #6064DC

analogous

#DC9A60 #DCD860 #A2DC60

triadic

#DCD860 #60DCD8 #D860DC

tetradic

#DCD860 #60DC9A #6064DC #DC60A2

square

#DCD860 #60DC9A #6064DC #DC60A2

split-complementary

#DCD860 #60A2DC #9A60DC

monochromatic

#9F9B23 #D1CC2E #DCD860 #E7E492 #F2F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD860

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD860	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)

#E8D053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.142 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e391',
    500: '#dcd860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd860;
$custom-light: #e9e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86221,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD860

secondary

#3E41A2

accent

#20CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD860

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

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