#DCD960#DCD960

#DCD960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD960
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -14.38, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 60.46, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0434 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4410, 65.6875, 20.7699)
Luminance	0.6569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD960 #6063DC

analogous

#DC9B60 #DCD960 #A1DC60

triadic

#DCD960 #60DCD9 #D960DC

tetradic

#DCD960 #60DC9B #6063DC #DC60A1

square

#DCD960 #60DC9B #6063DC #DC60A1

split-complementary

#DCD960 #60A1DC #9B60DC

monochromatic

#9F9C23 #D1CD2E #DCD960 #E7E592 #F2F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DCD960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD960

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD960	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e491',
    500: '#dcd960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd960;
$custom-light: #e9e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86431,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD960

secondary

#3E40A2

accent

#1ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD960

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

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