#DCDA5E#DCDA5E

#DCDA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA5E
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -15.02, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 61.73, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0455 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6086, 66.1682, 20.3773)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA5E #5E60DC

analogous

#DC9B5E #DCDA5E #9FDC5E

triadic

#DCDA5E #5EDCDA #DA5EDC

tetradic

#DCDA5E #5EDC9B #5E60DC #DC5E9F

square

#DCDA5E #5EDC9B #5E60DC #DC5E9F

split-complementary

#DCDA5E #5E9FDC #9B5EDC

monochromatic

#9D9B22 #D0CD2D #DCDA5E #E7E690 #F2F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DCDA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA5E

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA5E	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)

#EAD250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae590',
    500: '#dcda5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda5e;
$custom-light: #eae590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8662,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA5E

secondary

#3D3FA1

accent

#1CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA5E

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

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