#DCD95E#DCD95E

#DCD95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.144 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD95E
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -14.52, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 61.33, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0441 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.144 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3501, 65.6511, 20.2911)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD95E #5E61DC

analogous

#DC9A5E #DCD95E #A0DC5E

triadic

#DCD95E #5EDCD9 #D95EDC

tetradic

#DCD95E #5EDC9A #5E61DC #DC5EA0

square

#DCD95E #5EDC9A #5E61DC #DC5EA0

split-complementary

#DCD95E #5EA0DC #9A5EDC

monochromatic

#9D9A22 #D0CC2D #DCD95E #E7E590 #F2F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DCD95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD95E

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD95E	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)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.144 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae490',
    500: '#dcd95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd95e;
$custom-light: #eae490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8641,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD95E

secondary

#3D3FA1

accent

#1ECC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD95E

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

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