#DCC157#DCC157

#DCC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.129 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC157
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -2.83, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 55.72, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0114 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.129 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3076, 54.0461, 16.7971)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC157 #5772DC

analogous

#DC7F57 #DCC157 #B4DC57

triadic

#DCC157 #57DCC1 #C157DC

tetradic

#DCC157 #57DC7F #5772DC #DC57B4

square

#DCC157 #57DC7F #5772DC #DC57B4

split-complementary

#DCC157 #57B4DC #7F57DC

monochromatic

#998020 #CBAB2A #DCC157 #E7D48A #F1E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DCC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC157

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC157	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.129 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38a',
    500: '#dcc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc157;
$custom-light: #ead38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC157

secondary

#3A4E9D

accent

#3DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC157

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

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