#DCD866#DCD866

#DCD866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.136 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD866
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -13.42, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 57.39, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0401 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.136 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.4709, 65.2883, 22.1950)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD866 #666ADC

analogous

#DC9D66 #DCD866 #A5DC66

triadic

#DCD866 #66DCD8 #D866DC

tetradic

#DCD866 #66DC9D #666ADC #DC66A5

square

#DCD866 #66DC9D #666ADC #DC66A5

split-complementary

#DCD866 #66A5DC #9D66DC

monochromatic

#A29E25 #D1CB34 #DCD866 #E7E598 #F3F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DCD866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD866

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD866	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.136 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e395',
    500: '#dcd866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd866;
$custom-light: #e9e395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86287,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD866

secondary

#4144A6

accent

#21CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD866

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

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