#DCDA5B#DCDA5B

#DCDA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.148 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA5B
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -15.23, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 63.02, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0464 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.148 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4766, 66.1154, 19.6820)
Luminance	0.6611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA5B #5B5DDC

analogous

#DC995B #DCDA5B #9DDC5B

triadic

#DCDA5B #5BDCDA #DA5BDC

tetradic

#DCDA5B #5BDC99 #5B5DDC #DC5B9D

square

#DCDA5B #5BDC99 #5B5DDC #DC5B9D

split-complementary

#DCDA5B #5B9DDC #995BDC

monochromatic

#9B9A21 #CECB2C #DCDA5B #E7E58D #F2F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DCDA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA5B

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA5B	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)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.148 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58e',
    500: '#dcda5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda5b;
$custom-light: #eae58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8659,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA5B

secondary

#3C3D9F

accent

#1CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA5B

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

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