#DCD165#DCD165

#DCD165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.130 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD165
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -9.98, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 55.04, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0304 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.13 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6663, 61.7580, 21.3503)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD165 #6570DC

analogous

#DC9565 #DCD165 #ABDC65

triadic

#DCD165 #65DCD1 #D165DC

tetradic

#DCD165 #65DC95 #6570DC #DC65AB

square

#DCD165 #65DC95 #6570DC #DC65AB

split-complementary

#DCD165 #65ABDC #9565DC

monochromatic

#A29625 #D1C233 #DCD165 #E7E097 #F3EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DCD165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD165

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD165	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.130 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de94',
    500: '#dcd165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd165;
$custom-light: #e9de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84814,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD165

secondary

#4049A5

accent

#2BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD165

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

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