#DCD963#DCD963

#DCD963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.140 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD963
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -14.15, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 59.14, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0425 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.14 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5818, 65.7438, 21.5112)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD963 #6366DC

analogous

#DC9C63 #DCD963 #A3DC63

triadic

#DCD963 #63DCD9 #D963DC

tetradic

#DCD963 #63DC9C #6366DC #DC63A3

square

#DCD963 #63DC9C #6366DC #DC63A3

split-complementary

#DCD963 #63A3DC #9C63DC

monochromatic

#A19D24 #D1CD31 #DCD963 #E7E595 #F2F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DCD963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD963

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD963	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.140 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e493',
    500: '#dcd963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd963;
$custom-light: #e9e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86463,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD963

secondary

#3F42A4

accent

#1FCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD963

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

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