#DCDA5D#DCDA5D

#DCDA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA5D
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -15.09, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 62.16, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0458 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5641, 66.1504, 20.1425)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA5D #5D5FDC

analogous

#DC9B5D #DCDA5D #9FDC5D

triadic

#DCDA5D #5DDCDA #DA5DDC

tetradic

#DCDA5D #5DDC9B #5D5FDC #DC5D9F

square

#DCDA5D #5DDC9B #5D5FDC #DC5D9F

split-complementary

#DCDA5D #5D9FDC #9B5DDC

monochromatic

#9D9B22 #CFCD2D #DCDA5D #E7E58F #F2F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DCDA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA5D

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA5D	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58f',
    500: '#dcda5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda5d;
$custom-light: #eae58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8661,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA5D

secondary

#3D3EA1

accent

#1CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA5D

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

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