#DCD66A#DCD66A

#DCD66A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.131 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD66A
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -12.10, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 54.75, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0359 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.131 106)
XYZ	xyz(56.1648, 64.3510, 23.0953)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD66A #6A70DC

analogous

#DC9D6A #DCD66A #A9DC6A

triadic

#DCD66A #6ADCD6 #D66ADC

tetradic

#DCD66A #6ADC9D #6A70DC #DC6AA9

square

#DCD66A #6ADC9D #6A70DC #DC6AA9

split-complementary

#DCD66A #6AA9DC #9D6ADC

monochromatic

#A59E27 #D0C838 #DCD66A #E8E49C #F3F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DCD66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD66A

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD66A	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.131 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e297',
    500: '#dcd66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd66a;
$custom-light: #e9e297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85915,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.64349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD66A

secondary

#4248A8

accent

#25CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD66A

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

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