#DCD969#DCD969

#DCD969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.135 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD969
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -13.68, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 56.45, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0405 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.135 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8794, 65.8628, 23.0784)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD969 #696CDC

analogous

#DC9F69 #DCD969 #A5DC69

triadic

#DCD969 #69DCD9 #D969DC

tetradic

#DCD969 #69DC9F #696CDC #DC69A5

square

#DCD969 #69DC9F #696CDC #DC69A5

split-complementary

#DCD969 #69A5DC #9F69DC

monochromatic

#A4A126 #D0CC37 #DCD969 #E8E69B #F3F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DCD969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD969

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD969	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.135 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e497',
    500: '#dcd969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd969;
$custom-light: #e9e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86531,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD969

secondary

#4245A7

accent

#20CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD969

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

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