#DCD953#DCD953

#DCD953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.153 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD953
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -15.26, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 65.94, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0473 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.153 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.8912, 65.4676, 17.8743)
Luminance	0.6547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD953 #5356DC

analogous

#DC9553 #DCD953 #9BDC53

triadic

#DCD953 #53DCD9 #D953DC

tetradic

#DCD953 #53DC95 #5356DC #DC539B

square

#DCD953 #53DC95 #5356DC #DC539B

split-complementary

#DCD953 #539BDC #9553DC

monochromatic

#96931F #C9C529 #DCD953 #E6E486 #F1EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DCD953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD953

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD953	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.153 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae489',
    500: '#dcd953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd953;
$custom-light: #eae489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86305,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.65466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD953

secondary

#393B9B

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD953

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

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