#DCD660#DCD660

#DCD660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.140 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD660
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -12.88, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 59.25, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0392 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.14 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6748, 64.1550, 20.5145)
Luminance	0.6415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD660 #6066DC

analogous

#DC9860 #DCD660 #A4DC60

triadic

#DCD660 #60DCD6 #D660DC

tetradic

#DCD660 #60DC98 #6066DC #DC60A4

square

#DCD660 #60DC98 #6066DC #DC60A4

split-complementary

#DCD660 #60A4DC #9860DC

monochromatic

#9F9923 #D1C92E #DCD660 #E7E392 #F2F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DCD660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD660

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD660	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.140 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e291',
    500: '#dcd660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd660;
$custom-light: #e9e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85802,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD660

secondary

#3E43A2

accent

#22CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD660

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

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