#DCDA60#DCDA60

#DCDA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA60
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -14.87, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 60.87, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0448 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6996, 66.2046, 20.8561)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA60 #6062DC

analogous

#DC9C60 #DCDA60 #A0DC60

triadic

#DCDA60 #60DCDA #DA60DC

tetradic

#DCDA60 #60DC9C #6062DC #DC60A0

square

#DCDA60 #60DC9C #6062DC #DC60A0

split-complementary

#DCDA60 #60A0DC #9C60DC

monochromatic

#9F9D23 #D1CE2E #DCDA60 #E7E692 #F2F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCDA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA60

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA60	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	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)

#EAD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e591',
    500: '#dcda60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda60;
$custom-light: #e9e591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86641,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA60

secondary

#3E40A2

accent

#1DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA60

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

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