#DCD939#DCD939

#DCD939 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.170 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD939
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -16.60, 73.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 75.39, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0536 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.17 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0687, 65.1386, 13.5423)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD939 #393CDC

analogous

#DC8839 #DCD939 #8DDC39

triadic

#DCD939 #39DCD9 #D939DC

tetradic

#DCD939 #39DC88 #393CDC #DC398D

square

#DCD939 #39DC88 #393CDC #DC398D

split-complementary

#DCD939 #398DDC #8839DC

monochromatic

#838117 #B7B520 #DCD939 #E5E36D #EEEDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD939

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD939	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)

#EBD014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.170 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe47b',
    500: '#dcd939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd939;
$custom-light: #ebe47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.896,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86116,
    "c": 0.16997,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD939

secondary

#2F318A

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD939

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

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