#DCD166#DCD166

#DCD166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.129 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD166
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -9.90, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 54.58, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.03 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.129 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7156, 61.7777, 21.6099)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD166 #6671DC

analogous

#DC9666 #DCD166 #ACDC66

triadic

#DCD166 #66DCD1 #D166DC

tetradic

#DCD166 #66DC96 #6671DC #DC66AC

square

#DCD166 #66DC96 #6671DC #DC66AC

split-complementary

#DCD166 #66ACDC #9666DC

monochromatic

#A29725 #D1C234 #DCD166 #E7E098 #F3EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#DCD166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD166

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD166	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.129 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de95',
    500: '#dcd166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd166;
$custom-light: #e9de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84826,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD166

secondary

#414AA6

accent

#2BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD166

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

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