#DCD163#DCD163

#DCD163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.132 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD163
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -10.14, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 55.95, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.031 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.132 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5695, 61.7193, 20.8405)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD163 #636EDC

analogous

#DC9463 #DCD163 #ABDC63

triadic

#DCD163 #63DCD1 #D163DC

tetradic

#DCD163 #63DC94 #636EDC #DC63AB

square

#DCD163 #63DC94 #636EDC #DC63AB

split-complementary

#DCD163 #63ABDC #9463DC

monochromatic

#A19524 #D1C231 #DCD163 #E7E095 #F2EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DCD163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD163

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD163	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.132 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de93',
    500: '#dcd163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd163;
$custom-light: #e9de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84791,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD163

secondary

#3F48A4

accent

#2ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD163

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

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