#DCC16B#DCC16B

#DCC16B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.110 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC16B
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 51.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -1.28, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 46.46, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0046 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.11 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2408, 54.4194, 21.7120)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC16B #6B86DC

analogous

#DC896B #DCC16B #BFDC6B

triadic

#DCC16B #6BDCC1 #C16BDC

tetradic

#DCC16B #6BDC89 #6B86DC #DC6BBF

square

#DCC16B #6BDC89 #6B86DC #DC6BBF

split-complementary

#DCC16B #6BBFDC #896BDC

monochromatic

#A58727 #D0AC3A #DCC16B #E8D69C #F3EACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DCC16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC16B

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC16B	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)

#D1BE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.110 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d397',
    500: '#dcc16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc16b;
$custom-light: #e9d397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81606,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC16B

secondary

#435BA8

accent

#45C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC16B

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

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