#DCC159#DCC159

#DCC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.127 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC159
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -2.69, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 54.83, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0108 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.127 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3905, 54.0793, 17.2334)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC159 #5974DC

analogous

#DC8059 #DCC159 #B5DC59

triadic

#DCC159 #59DCC1 #C159DC

tetradic

#DCC159 #59DC80 #5974DC #DC59B5

square

#DCC159 #59DC80 #5974DC #DC59B5

split-complementary

#DCC159 #59B5DC #8059DC

monochromatic

#9A8120 #CDAB2B #DCC159 #E7D48C #F1E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DCC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC159

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC159	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.127 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38b',
    500: '#dcc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc159;
$custom-light: #ead38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81386,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC159

secondary

#3B4F9E

accent

#3ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC159

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

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