#DCDA53#DCDA53

#DCDA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.154 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA53
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -15.76, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 66.33, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0487 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.154 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1498, 65.9846, 17.9605)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA53 #5355DC

analogous

#DC9653 #DCDA53 #9ADC53

triadic

#DCDA53 #53DCDA #DA53DC

tetradic

#DCDA53 #53DC96 #5355DC #DC539A

square

#DCDA53 #53DC96 #5355DC #DC539A

split-complementary

#DCDA53 #539ADC #9653DC

monochromatic

#96941F #C9C729 #DCDA53 #E6E586 #F1F0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DCDA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA53

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA53	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.154 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae589',
    500: '#dcda53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda53;
$custom-light: #eae589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86516,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA53

secondary

#393A9B

accent

#41E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA53

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

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