#DCC16D#DCC16D

#DCC16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.109 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC16D
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -1.10, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 45.50, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0039 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.109 92)
XYZ	xyz(51.3473, 54.4620, 22.2726)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC16D #6D88DC

analogous

#DC896D #DCC16D #C0DC6D

triadic

#DCC16D #6DDCC1 #C16DDC

tetradic

#DCC16D #6DDC89 #6D88DC #DC6DC0

square

#DCC16D #6DDC89 #6D88DC #DC6DC0

split-complementary

#DCC16D #6DC0DC #896DDC

monochromatic

#A78828 #D0AC3C #DCC16D #E8D69E #F4EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DCC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC16D

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC16D	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.109 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d398',
    500: '#dcc16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc16d;
$custom-light: #e9d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81633,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.5446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC16D

secondary

#445CAA

accent

#46C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC16D

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

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