#DCD95B#DCD95B

#DCD95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.147 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD95B
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -14.73, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 62.62, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.045 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.147 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2181, 65.5983, 19.5959)
Luminance	0.6560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD95B #5B5EDC

analogous

#DC985B #DCD95B #9EDC5B

triadic

#DCD95B #5BDCD9 #D95BDC

tetradic

#DCD95B #5BDC98 #5B5EDC #DC5B9E

square

#DCD95B #5BDC98 #5B5EDC #DC5B9E

split-complementary

#DCD95B #5B9EDC #985BDC

monochromatic

#9B9921 #CECA2C #DCD95B #E7E58D #F2F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DCD95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD95B

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD95B	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)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.147 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48e',
    500: '#dcd95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd95b;
$custom-light: #eae48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8638,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD95B

secondary

#3C3E9F

accent

#1DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD95B

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

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