#DCD95A#DCD95A

#DCD95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.148 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD95A
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -14.80, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 63.04, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0453 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.148 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.1753, 65.5812, 19.3702)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD95A #5A5DDC

analogous

#DC985A #DCD95A #9EDC5A

triadic

#DCD95A #5ADCD9 #D95ADC

tetradic

#DCD95A #5ADC98 #5A5DDC #DC5A9E

square

#DCD95A #5ADC98 #5A5DDC #DC5A9E

split-complementary

#DCD95A #5A9EDC #985ADC

monochromatic

#9B9821 #CDCA2C #DCD95A #E7E58C #F1F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DCD95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD95A

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD95A	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.148 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48d',
    500: '#dcd95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd95a;
$custom-light: #eae48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8637,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD95A

secondary

#3B3E9F

accent

#1DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD95A

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

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