#DCD966#DCD966

#DCD966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.137 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD966
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -13.92, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 57.80, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0415 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.137 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7279, 65.8022, 22.2806)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD966 #6669DC

analogous

#DC9E66 #DCD966 #A4DC66

triadic

#DCD966 #66DCD9 #D966DC

tetradic

#DCD966 #66DC9E #6669DC #DC66A4

square

#DCD966 #66DC9E #6669DC #DC66A4

split-complementary

#DCD966 #66A4DC #9E66DC

monochromatic

#A29F25 #D1CD34 #DCD966 #E7E598 #F3F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DCD966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD966

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD966	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.137 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e495',
    500: '#dcd966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd966;
$custom-light: #e9e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86497,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD966

secondary

#4143A6

accent

#1FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD966

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

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