#DCC266#DCC266

#DCC266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC266
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -2.22, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 49.16, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0079 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.116 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2072, 54.7608, 20.4404)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC266 #6680DC

analogous

#DC8766 #DCC266 #BBDC66

triadic

#DCC266 #66DCC2 #C266DC

tetradic

#DCC266 #66DC87 #6680DC #DC66BB

square

#DCC266 #66DC87 #6680DC #DC66BB

split-complementary

#DCC266 #66BBDC #8766DC

monochromatic

#A28725 #D1AE34 #DCC266 #E7D698 #F3EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DCC266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC266

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC266	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d494',
    500: '#dcc266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc266;
$custom-light: #e9d494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81743,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC266

secondary

#4157A6

accent

#42CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC266

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

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