#DCD863#DCD863

#DCD863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.139 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD863
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -13.65, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 58.73, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0411 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.139 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3248, 65.2299, 21.4256)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD863 #6367DC

analogous

#DC9C63 #DCD863 #A3DC63

triadic

#DCD863 #63DCD8 #D863DC

tetradic

#DCD863 #63DC9C #6367DC #DC63A3

square

#DCD863 #63DC9C #6367DC #DC63A3

split-complementary

#DCD863 #63A3DC #9C63DC

monochromatic

#A19C24 #D1CC31 #DCD863 #E7E495 #F2F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD863

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD863	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.139 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e393',
    500: '#dcd863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd863;
$custom-light: #e9e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86253,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD863

secondary

#3F43A4

accent

#20CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD863

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

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