#DCD16D#DCD16D

#DCD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.123 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD16D
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -9.32, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 51.33, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0276 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.123 103)
XYZ	xyz(55.0775, 61.9225, 23.5160)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD16D #6D78DC

analogous

#DC9A6D #DCD16D #B0DC6D

triadic

#DCD16D #6DDCD1 #D16DDC

tetradic

#DCD16D #6DDC9A #6D78DC #DC6DB0

square

#DCD16D #6DDC9A #6D78DC #DC6DB0

split-complementary

#DCD16D #6DB0DC #9A6DDC

monochromatic

#A79A28 #D0C13C #DCD16D #E8E19E #F4F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DCD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD16D

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD16D	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)

#E0CB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.123 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de99',
    500: '#dcd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd16d;
$custom-light: #e9de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84912,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.61921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD16D

secondary

#444EAA

accent

#2EC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD16D

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

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