#DCD965#DCD965

#DCD965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.138 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD965
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -14.00, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 58.25, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0418 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.138 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6786, 65.7825, 22.0210)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD965 #6568DC

analogous

#DC9D65 #DCD965 #A4DC65

triadic

#DCD965 #65DCD9 #D965DC

tetradic

#DCD965 #65DC9D #6568DC #DC65A4

square

#DCD965 #65DC9D #6568DC #DC65A4

split-complementary

#DCD965 #65A4DC #9D65DC

monochromatic

#A29F25 #D1CD33 #DCD965 #E7E597 #F3F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DCD965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD965

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD965	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.138 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e494',
    500: '#dcd965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd965;
$custom-light: #e9e494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86485,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD965

secondary

#4043A5

accent

#1FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD965

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

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