#DCC16F#DCC16F

#DCC16F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.107 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC16F
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 111)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -0.92, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 44.54, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0031 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.107 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4562, 54.5055, 22.8461)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC16F #6F8ADC

analogous

#DC8B6F #DCC16F #C0DC6F

triadic

#DCC16F #6FDCC1 #C16FDC

tetradic

#DCC16F #6FDC8B #6F8ADC #DC6FC0

square

#DCC16F #6FDC8B #6F8ADC #DC6FC0

split-complementary

#DCC16F #6FC0DC #8B6FDC

monochromatic

#A88829 #D0AC3E #DCC16F #E8D6A0 #F4EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DCC16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC16F

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC16F	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.107 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39a',
    500: '#dcc16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc16f;
$custom-light: #e9d39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81661,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC16F

secondary

#455EAB

accent

#47C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC16F

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

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