#DCDA52#DCDA52

#DCDA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.155 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA52
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -15.82, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 66.73, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.049 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.155 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1114, 65.9693, 17.7586)
Luminance	0.6597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA52 #5254DC

analogous

#DC9552 #DCDA52 #99DC52

triadic

#DCDA52 #52DCDA #DA52DC

tetradic

#DCDA52 #52DC95 #5254DC #DC5299

square

#DCDA52 #52DC95 #5254DC #DC5299

split-complementary

#DCDA52 #5299DC #9552DC

monochromatic

#95941E #C8C629 #DCDA52 #E6E585 #F1F0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DCDA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA52

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA52	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.155 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae589',
    500: '#dcda52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda52;
$custom-light: #eae589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86507,
    "c": 0.15496,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA52

secondary

#383A9A

accent

#41E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA52

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

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