#DCC170#DCC170

#DCC170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.106 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC170
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 49.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -0.83, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 44.05, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0028 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.106 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5115, 54.5277, 23.1377)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC170 #708BDC

analogous

#DC8B70 #DCC170 #C1DC70

triadic

#DCC170 #70DCC1 #C170DC

tetradic

#DCC170 #70DC8B #708BDC #DC70C1

square

#DCC170 #70DC8B #708BDC #DC70C1

split-complementary

#DCC170 #70C1DC #8B70DC

monochromatic

#A88929 #D0AC3F #DCC170 #E8D6A1 #F4ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DCC170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC170

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC170	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.106 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39a',
    500: '#dcc170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc170;
$custom-light: #e9d39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81676,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC170

secondary

#455FAB

accent

#48C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC170

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

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