#DCD964#DCD964

#DCD964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.139 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD964
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 100)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 54.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -14.08, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 58.70, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0422 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.139 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6299, 65.7630, 21.7646)
Luminance	0.6576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD964 #6467DC

analogous

#DC9D64 #DCD964 #A3DC64

triadic

#DCD964 #64DCD9 #D964DC

tetradic

#DCD964 #64DC9D #6467DC #DC64A3

square

#DCD964 #64DC9D #6467DC #DC64A3

split-complementary

#DCD964 #64A3DC #9D64DC

monochromatic

#A19E24 #D1CD32 #DCD964 #E7E596 #F3F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DCD964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD964

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD964	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)

#E9D158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.139 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e494',
    500: '#dcd964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd964;
$custom-light: #e9e494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86474,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD964

secondary

#4042A5

accent

#1FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD964

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

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