#DCDA57#DCDA57

#DCDA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.151 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA57
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -15.50, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 64.69, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0476 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.151 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3087, 66.0482, 18.7974)
Luminance	0.6605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA57 #5759DC

analogous

#DC9857 #DCDA57 #9BDC57

triadic

#DCDA57 #57DCDA #DA57DC

tetradic

#DCDA57 #57DC98 #5759DC #DC579B

square

#DCDA57 #57DC98 #5759DC #DC579B

split-complementary

#DCDA57 #579BDC #9857DC

monochromatic

#999720 #CBC92A #DCDA57 #E7E58A #F1F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DCDA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA57

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA57	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.151 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58c',
    500: '#dcda57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda57;
$custom-light: #eae58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86552,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA57

secondary

#3A3C9D

accent

#1BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA57

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

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