#DCDA59#DCDA59

#DCDA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA59
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -15.37, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 63.86, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.047 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3915, 66.0813, 19.2337)
Luminance	0.6608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA59 #595BDC

analogous

#DC9859 #DCDA59 #9CDC59

triadic

#DCDA59 #59DCDA #DA59DC

tetradic

#DCDA59 #59DC98 #595BDC #DC599C

square

#DCDA59 #59DC98 #595BDC #DC599C

split-complementary

#DCDA59 #599CDC #9859DC

monochromatic

#9A9820 #CDCA2B #DCDA59 #E7E58C #F1F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DCDA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA59

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA59	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58d',
    500: '#dcda59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda59;
$custom-light: #eae58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86571,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA59

secondary

#3B3D9E

accent

#1BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA59

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

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