#DCD566#DCD566

#DCD566 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.133 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD566
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -11.92, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 56.17, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0358 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.133 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.7093, 63.7652, 21.9411)
Luminance	0.6376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD566 #666DDC

analogous

#DC9A66 #DCD566 #A8DC66

triadic

#DCD566 #66DCD5 #D566DC

tetradic

#DCD566 #66DC9A #666DDC #DC66A8

square

#DCD566 #66DC9A #666DDC #DC66A8

split-complementary

#DCD566 #66A8DC #9A66DC

monochromatic

#A29B25 #D1C734 #DCD566 #E7E398 #F3F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DCD566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD566

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD566	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.133 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e195',
    500: '#dcd566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd566;
$custom-light: #e9e195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85659,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD566

secondary

#4147A6

accent

#25CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD566

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

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