#DCD16E#DCD16E

#DCD16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.122 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD16E
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -9.23, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 50.86, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0273 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.122 103)
XYZ	xyz(55.1317, 61.9441, 23.8011)
Luminance	0.6194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD16E #6E79DC

analogous

#DC9A6E #DCD16E #B0DC6E

triadic

#DCD16E #6EDCD1 #D16EDC

tetradic

#DCD16E #6EDC9A #6E79DC #DC6EB0

square

#DCD16E #6EDC9A #6E79DC #DC6EB0

split-complementary

#DCD16E #6EB0DC #9A6EDC

monochromatic

#A79B28 #D0C13D #DCD16E #E8E19F #F4F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DCD16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD16E

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD16E	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.122 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9a',
    500: '#dcd16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd16e;
$custom-light: #e9de9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84925,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.61942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD16E

secondary

#444EAA

accent

#2EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD16E

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

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