#DCD169#DCD169

#DCD169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD169
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -9.66, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 53.20, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.029 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8671, 61.8383, 22.4077)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD169 #6974DC

analogous

#DC9769 #DCD169 #ADDC69

triadic

#DCD169 #69DCD1 #D169DC

tetradic

#DCD169 #69DC97 #6974DC #DC69AD

square

#DCD169 #69DC97 #6974DC #DC69AD

split-complementary

#DCD169 #69ADDC #9769DC

monochromatic

#A49826 #D0C237 #DCD169 #E8E09B #F3EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DCD169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD169

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD169	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de96',
    500: '#dcd169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd169;
$custom-light: #e9de96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84862,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD169

secondary

#424CA7

accent

#2CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD169

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

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