#DCC160#DCC160

#DCC160 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC160
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -2.17, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 51.64, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0084 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.121 94)
XYZ	xyz(50.6985, 54.2025, 18.8557)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC160 #607BDC

analogous

#DC8360 #DCC160 #B9DC60

triadic

#DCC160 #60DCC1 #C160DC

tetradic

#DCC160 #60DC83 #607BDC #DC60B9

square

#DCC160 #60DC83 #607BDC #DC60B9

split-complementary

#DCC160 #60B9DC #8360DC

monochromatic

#9F8423 #D1AD2E #DCC160 #E7D592 #F2E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DCC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC160

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC160	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead390',
    500: '#dcc160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc160;
$custom-light: #ead390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC160

secondary

#3E54A2

accent

#41CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC160

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

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