#DCD16F#DCD16F

#DCD16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.121 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD16F
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 111)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -9.15, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 50.38, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0269 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.121 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.1864, 61.9660, 24.0895)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD16F #6F7ADC

analogous

#DC9B6F #DCD16F #B1DC6F

triadic

#DCD16F #6FDCD1 #D16FDC

tetradic

#DCD16F #6FDC9B #6F7ADC #DC6FB1

square

#DCD16F #6FDC9B #6F7ADC #DC6FB1

split-complementary

#DCD16F #6FB1DC #9B6FDC

monochromatic

#A89B29 #D0C13E #DCD16F #E8E1A0 #F4F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DCD16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD16F

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD16F	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)

#E0CB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.121 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9a',
    500: '#dcd16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd16f;
$custom-light: #e9de9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84938,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD16F

secondary

#454FAB

accent

#2EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD16F

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

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