#DCD93B#DCD93B

#DCD93B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.169 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD93B
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 73.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -16.51, 72.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 74.75, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0532 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.169 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1196, 65.1589, 13.8103)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD93B #3B3EDC

analogous

#DC893B #DCD93B #8FDC3B

triadic

#DCD93B #3BDCD9 #D93BDC

tetradic

#DCD93B #3BDC89 #3B3EDC #DC3B8F

square

#DCD93B #3BDC89 #3B3EDC #DC3B8F

split-complementary

#DCD93B #3B8FDC #893BDC

monochromatic

#858318 #B9B621 #DCD93B #E5E36F #EFEDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD93B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD93B	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)

#EBD019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.169 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe47c',
    500: '#dcd93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd93b;
$custom-light: #ebe47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.882,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86128,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD93B

secondary

#30328B

accent

#3FED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD93B

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

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