#DCC163#DCC163

#DCC163 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.118 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC163
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -1.94, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 50.24, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0074 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.118 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8393, 54.2588, 19.5971)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC163 #637EDC

analogous

#DC8563 #DCC163 #BADC63

triadic

#DCC163 #63DCC1 #C163DC

tetradic

#DCC163 #63DC85 #637EDC #DC63BA

square

#DCC163 #63DC85 #637EDC #DC63BA

split-complementary

#DCC163 #63BADC #8563DC

monochromatic

#A18524 #D1AD31 #DCC163 #E7D595 #F2E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DCC163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC163

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC163	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.118 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d392',
    500: '#dcc163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc163;
$custom-light: #e9d392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC163

secondary

#3F56A4

accent

#42CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC163

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

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