#DCD66D#DCD66D

#DCD66D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.128 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD66D
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -11.84, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 53.36, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0348 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.128 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3236, 64.4145, 23.9313)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD66D #6D73DC

analogous

#DC9F6D #DCD66D #ABDC6D

triadic

#DCD66D #6DDCD6 #D66DDC

tetradic

#DCD66D #6DDC9F #6D73DC #DC6DAB

square

#DCD66D #6DDC9F #6D73DC #DC6DAB

split-complementary

#DCD66D #6DABDC #9F6DDC

monochromatic

#A7A028 #D0C83C #DCD66D #E8E49E #F4F2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#DCD66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD66D

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD66D	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.128 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e299',
    500: '#dcd66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd66d;
$custom-light: #e9e299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85952,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD66D

secondary

#4449AA

accent

#26C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD66D

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

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