#DCD95F#DCD95F

#DCD95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD95F
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -14.45, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 60.90, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0437 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3953, 65.6692, 20.5290)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD95F #5F62DC

analogous

#DC9B5F #DCD95F #A1DC5F

triadic

#DCD95F #5FDCD9 #D95FDC

tetradic

#DCD95F #5FDC9B #5F62DC #DC5FA1

square

#DCD95F #5FDC9B #5F62DC #DC5FA1

split-complementary

#DCD95F #5FA1DC #9B5FDC

monochromatic

#9E9B23 #D0CC2E #DCD95F #E7E591 #F2F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DCD95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD95F

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD95F	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)

#E9D152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.144 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e491',
    500: '#dcd95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd95f;
$custom-light: #e9e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8642,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD95F

secondary

#3E40A2

accent

#1ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD95F

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

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