#DCC169#DCC169

#DCC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.112 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC169
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -1.45, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 47.41, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0053 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.112 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1368, 54.3778, 21.1643)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC169 #6984DC

analogous

#DC8769 #DCC169 #BDDC69

triadic

#DCC169 #69DCC1 #C169DC

tetradic

#DCC169 #69DC87 #6984DC #DC69BD

square

#DCC169 #69DC87 #6984DC #DC69BD

split-complementary

#DCC169 #69BDDC #8769DC

monochromatic

#A48726 #D0AC37 #DCC169 #E8D69B #F3EACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DCC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC169

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC169	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.112 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d396',
    500: '#dcc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc169;
$custom-light: #e9d396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81579,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC169

secondary

#425AA7

accent

#45CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC169

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

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