#DCD266#DCD266

#DCD266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.130 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD266
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -10.41, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 54.97, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0315 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.13 104)
XYZ	xyz(54.9617, 62.2699, 21.6919)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD266 #6670DC

analogous

#DC9766 #DCD266 #ABDC66

triadic

#DCD266 #66DCD2 #D266DC

tetradic

#DCD266 #66DC97 #6670DC #DC66AB

square

#DCD266 #66DC97 #6670DC #DC66AB

split-complementary

#DCD266 #66ABDC #9766DC

monochromatic

#A29825 #D1C334 #DCD266 #E7E198 #F3EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DCD266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD266

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD266	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.130 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df95',
    500: '#dcd266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd266;
$custom-light: #e9df95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85034,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.62268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD266

secondary

#4149A6

accent

#2ACB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD266

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

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