#DCDA3B#DCDA3B

#DCDA3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.170 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA3B
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 73.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -17.01, 73.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 75.10, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0546 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.17 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3781, 65.6760, 13.8964)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA3B #3B3DDC

analogous

#DC8A3B #DCDA3B #8DDC3B

triadic

#DCDA3B #3BDCDA #DA3BDC

tetradic

#DCDA3B #3BDC8A #3B3DDC #DC3B8D

square

#DCDA3B #3BDC8A #3B3DDC #DC3B8D

split-complementary

#DCDA3B #3B8DDC #8A3BDC

monochromatic

#858418 #B9B721 #DCDA3B #E5E46F #EFEEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCDA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DCDA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA3B

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA3B	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)

#ECD119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.170 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe57d',
    500: '#dcda3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda3b;
$custom-light: #ebe57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.255,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8634,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA3B

secondary

#30318B

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA3B

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

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