#DCDB59#DCDB59

#DCDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.151 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB59
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -15.86, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 64.26, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0484 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.151 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6516, 66.6015, 19.3204)
Luminance	0.6660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB59 #595ADC

analogous

#DC9959 #DCDB59 #9BDC59

triadic

#DCDB59 #59DCDB #DB59DC

tetradic

#DCDB59 #59DC99 #595ADC #DC599B

square

#DCDB59 #59DC99 #595ADC #DC599B

split-complementary

#DCDB59 #599BDC #9959DC

monochromatic

#9A9920 #CDCB2B #DCDB59 #E7E68C #F1F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DCDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB59

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB59	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.151 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58d',
    500: '#dcdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb59;
$custom-light: #eae58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86782,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB59

secondary

#3B3C9E

accent

#1ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB59

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

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