#DCD16C#DCD16C

#DCD16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.124 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD16C
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -9.41, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 51.80, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.028 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.124 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0240, 61.9011, 23.2341)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD16C #6C77DC

analogous

#DC996C #DCD16C #AFDC6C

triadic

#DCD16C #6CDCD1 #D16CDC

tetradic

#DCD16C #6CDC99 #6C77DC #DC6CAF

square

#DCD16C #6CDC99 #6C77DC #DC6CAF

split-complementary

#DCD16C #6CAFDC #996CDC

monochromatic

#A69A28 #D0C23B #DCD16C #E8E09D #F4F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DCD16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD16C

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD16C	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.124 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de98',
    500: '#dcd16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd16c;
$custom-light: #e9de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.849,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD16C

secondary

#434DA9

accent

#2DC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD16C

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

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