#DCD95D#DCD95D

#DCD95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.145 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD95D
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -14.59, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 61.76, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0444 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.145 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3055, 65.6333, 20.0563)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD95D #5D60DC

analogous

#DC9A5D #DCD95D #A0DC5D

triadic

#DCD95D #5DDCD9 #D95DDC

tetradic

#DCD95D #5DDC9A #5D60DC #DC5DA0

square

#DCD95D #5DDC9A #5D60DC #DC5DA0

split-complementary

#DCD95D #5DA0DC #9A5DDC

monochromatic

#9D9A22 #CFCB2D #DCD95D #E7E58F #F2F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DCD95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD95D

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD95D	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.145 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48f',
    500: '#dcd95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd95d;
$custom-light: #eae48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.864,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD95D

secondary

#3D3FA1

accent

#1DCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD95D

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

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