#DCDA5A#DCDA5A

#DCDA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.149 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA5A
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -15.30, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 63.44, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0467 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4338, 66.0982, 19.4564)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA5A #5A5CDC

analogous

#DC995A #DCDA5A #9DDC5A

triadic

#DCDA5A #5ADCDA #DA5ADC

tetradic

#DCDA5A #5ADC99 #5A5CDC #DC5A9D

square

#DCDA5A #5ADC99 #5A5CDC #DC5A9D

split-complementary

#DCDA5A #5A9DDC #995ADC

monochromatic

#9B9921 #CDCB2C #DCDA5A #E7E58C #F1F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DCDA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA5A

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA5A	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)

#EAD24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58e',
    500: '#dcda5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda5a;
$custom-light: #eae58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86581,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA5A

secondary

#3B3D9F

accent

#1BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA5A

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

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