#DCDA5F#DCDA5F

#DCDA5F 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 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA5F
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -14.95, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 61.30, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0452 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6538, 66.1863, 20.6151)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA5F #5F61DC

analogous

#DC9C5F #DCDA5F #A0DC5F

triadic

#DCDA5F #5FDCDA #DA5FDC

tetradic

#DCDA5F #5FDC9C #5F61DC #DC5FA0

square

#DCDA5F #5FDC9C #5F61DC #DC5FA0

split-complementary

#DCDA5F #5FA0DC #9C5FDC

monochromatic

#9E9C23 #D0CE2E #DCDA5F #E7E691 #F2F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCDA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA5F

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA5F	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e591',
    500: '#dcda5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda5f;
$custom-light: #e9e591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86631,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA5F

secondary

#3E3FA2

accent

#1CCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA5F

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

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