#DCDB5B#DCDB5B

#DCDB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB5B
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -15.73, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 63.42, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0478 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7367, 66.6356, 19.7687)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB5B #5B5CDC

analogous

#DC9A5B #DCDB5B #9CDC5B

triadic

#DCDB5B #5BDCDB #DB5BDC

tetradic

#DCDB5B #5BDC9A #5B5CDC #DC5B9C

square

#DCDB5B #5BDC9A #5B5CDC #DC5B9C

split-complementary

#DCDB5B #5B9CDC #9A5BDC

monochromatic

#9B9A21 #CECD2C #DCDB5B #E7E68D #F2F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DCDB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB5B

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB5B	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68e',
    500: '#dcdb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb5b;
$custom-light: #eae68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86801,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB5B

secondary

#3C3D9F

accent

#1ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB5B

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

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