#DCC257#DCC257

#DCC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.129 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC257
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -3.34, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 56.03, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0129 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.129 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5294, 54.4897, 16.8710)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC257 #5771DC

analogous

#DC8057 #DCC257 #B3DC57

triadic

#DCC257 #57DCC2 #C257DC

tetradic

#DCC257 #57DC80 #5771DC #DC57B3

square

#DCC257 #57DC80 #5771DC #DC57B3

split-complementary

#DCC257 #57B3DC #8057DC

monochromatic

#998120 #CBAC2A #DCC257 #E7D48A #F1E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DCC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC257

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC257	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.129 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48a',
    500: '#dcc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc257;
$custom-light: #ead48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81568,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC257

secondary

#3A4E9D

accent

#3CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC257

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

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