#DCC059#DCC059

#DCC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.126 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC059
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -2.17, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 54.51, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0093 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.126 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1702, 53.6386, 17.1599)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC059 #5975DC

analogous

#DC7F59 #DCC059 #B6DC59

triadic

#DCC059 #59DCC0 #C059DC

tetradic

#DCC059 #59DC7F #5975DC #DC59B6

square

#DCC059 #59DC7F #5975DC #DC59B6

split-complementary

#DCC059 #59B6DC #7F59DC

monochromatic

#9A8020 #CDAA2B #DCC059 #E7D38C #F1E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DCC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC059

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC059	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.126 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead28b',
    500: '#dcc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc059;
$custom-light: #ead28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81182,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC059

secondary

#3B509E

accent

#3FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC059

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

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