#DCD16A#DCD16A

#DCD16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.125 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD16A
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -9.58, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 52.73, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0287 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.125 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9188, 61.8590, 22.6799)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD16A #6A75DC

analogous

#DC986A #DCD16A #AEDC6A

triadic

#DCD16A #6ADCD1 #D16ADC

tetradic

#DCD16A #6ADC98 #6A75DC #DC6AAE

square

#DCD16A #6ADC98 #6A75DC #DC6AAE

split-complementary

#DCD16A #6AAEDC #986ADC

monochromatic

#A59927 #D0C238 #DCD16A #E8E09C #F3F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DCD16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD16A

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD16A	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)

#E1CB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.125 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de97',
    500: '#dcd16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd16a;
$custom-light: #e9de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84874,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD16A

secondary

#424CA8

accent

#2DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD16A

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

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