#DCD950#DCD950

#DCD950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.155 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD950
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -15.44, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 67.15, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0482 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.155 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.7779, 65.4222, 17.2774)
Luminance	0.6542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD950 #5053DC

analogous

#DC9350 #DCD950 #99DC50

triadic

#DCD950 #50DCD9 #D950DC

tetradic

#DCD950 #50DC93 #5053DC #DC5099

square

#DCD950 #50DC93 #5053DC #DC5099

split-complementary

#DCD950 #5099DC #9350DC

monochromatic

#94911E #C7C428 #DCD950 #E6E483 #F0EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DCD950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD950

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD950	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.155 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae488',
    500: '#dcd950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd950;
$custom-light: #eae488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86279,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.65421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD950

secondary

#383A99

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD950

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

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