#DCD167#DCD167

#DCD167 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD167
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 103)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 53.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -9.82, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 54.12, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0297 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7655, 61.7977, 21.8727)
Luminance	0.6180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD167 #6772DC

analogous

#DC9667 #DCD167 #ACDC67

triadic

#DCD167 #67DCD1 #D167DC

tetradic

#DCD167 #67DC96 #6772DC #DC67AC

square

#DCD167 #67DC96 #6772DC #DC67AC

split-complementary

#DCD167 #67ACDC #9667DC

monochromatic

#A39726 #D1C235 #DCD167 #E7E099 #F3EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#DCD167 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD167

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD167	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)

#E1CB5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de95',
    500: '#dcd167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd167;
$custom-light: #e9de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84838,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD167

secondary

#414AA6

accent

#2CCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD167

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

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