#DCD160#DCD160

#DCD160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD160
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -10.37, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 57.30, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.032 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.135 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4288, 61.6630, 20.0991)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD160 #606BDC

analogous

#DC9360 #DCD160 #A9DC60

triadic

#DCD160 #60DCD1 #D160DC

tetradic

#DCD160 #60DC93 #606BDC #DC60A9

square

#DCD160 #60DC93 #606BDC #DC60A9

split-complementary

#DCD160 #60A9DC #9360DC

monochromatic

#9F9423 #D1C22E #DCD160 #E7E092 #F2EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DCD160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD160

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD160	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de91',
    500: '#dcd160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd160;
$custom-light: #e9de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84758,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD160

secondary

#3E47A2

accent

#2ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD160

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

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