#DCD865#DCD865

#DCD865 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.137 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD865
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -13.50, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 57.84, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0404 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.137 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.4216, 65.2686, 21.9354)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD865 #6569DC

analogous

#DC9C65 #DCD865 #A4DC65

triadic

#DCD865 #65DCD8 #D865DC

tetradic

#DCD865 #65DC9C #6569DC #DC65A4

square

#DCD865 #65DC9C #6569DC #DC65A4

split-complementary

#DCD865 #65A4DC #9C65DC

monochromatic

#A29E25 #D1CB33 #DCD865 #E7E597 #F3F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD865

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD865	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)

#E8D15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.137 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e394',
    500: '#dcd865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd865;
$custom-light: #e9e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86276,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD865

secondary

#4043A5

accent

#21CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD865

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →