#DCD957#DCD957

#DCD957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.150 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD957
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.76, -15.00, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.76, 64.30, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0462 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.15 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0501, 65.5311, 18.7112)
Luminance	0.6553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD957 #575ADC

analogous

#DC9757 #DCD957 #9CDC57

triadic

#DCD957 #57DCD9 #D957DC

tetradic

#DCD957 #57DC97 #575ADC #DC579C

square

#DCD957 #57DC97 #575ADC #DC579C

split-complementary

#DCD957 #579CDC #9757DC

monochromatic

#999620 #CBC82A #DCD957 #E7E48A #F1F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DCD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD957

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD957	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.150 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48c',
    500: '#dcd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd957;
$custom-light: #eae48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86341,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD957

secondary

#3A3C9D

accent

#1CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD957

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

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