#DCC057#DCC057

#DCC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.128 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC057
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -2.31, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 55.41, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0099 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.128 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0873, 53.6055, 16.7236)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC057 #5773DC

analogous

#DC7D57 #DCC057 #B6DC57

triadic

#DCC057 #57DCC0 #C057DC

tetradic

#DCC057 #57DC7D #5773DC #DC57B6

square

#DCC057 #57DC7D #5773DC #DC57B6

split-complementary

#DCC057 #57B6DC #7D57DC

monochromatic

#997F20 #CBAA2A #DCC057 #E7D38A #F1E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#DCC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC057

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC057	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.128 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead28a',
    500: '#dcc057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc057;
$custom-light: #ead28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81161,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC057

secondary

#3A4F9D

accent

#3ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC057

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

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