#DCD959#DCD959

#DCD959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.149 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD959
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -14.87, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 63.46, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0456 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.149 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.1330, 65.5643, 19.1475)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD959 #595CDC

analogous

#DC9759 #DCD959 #9DDC59

triadic

#DCD959 #59DCD9 #D959DC

tetradic

#DCD959 #59DC97 #595CDC #DC599D

square

#DCD959 #59DC97 #595CDC #DC599D

split-complementary

#DCD959 #599DDC #9759DC

monochromatic

#9A9720 #CDC92B #DCD959 #E7E58C #F1F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DCD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD959

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD959	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)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.149 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48d',
    500: '#dcd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd959;
$custom-light: #eae48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8636,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD959

secondary

#3B3D9E

accent

#1DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD959

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

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