#DCD864#DCD864

#DCD864 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.138 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD864
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 100)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 54.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -13.58, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 58.29, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0407 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.138 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3729, 65.2491, 21.6789)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD864 #6468DC

analogous

#DC9C64 #DCD864 #A4DC64

triadic

#DCD864 #64DCD8 #D864DC

tetradic

#DCD864 #64DC9C #6468DC #DC64A4

square

#DCD864 #64DC9C #6468DC #DC64A4

split-complementary

#DCD864 #64A4DC #9C64DC

monochromatic

#A19D24 #D1CB32 #DCD864 #E7E596 #F3F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD864

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD864	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	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)

#E8D158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.138 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e394',
    500: '#dcd864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd864;
$custom-light: #e9e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86264,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD864

secondary

#4043A5

accent

#20CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD864

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

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