#DCC259#DCC259

#DCC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.128 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC259
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -3.20, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 55.14, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0122 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.128 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6123, 54.5229, 17.3073)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC259 #5973DC

analogous

#DC8159 #DCC259 #B4DC59

triadic

#DCC259 #59DCC2 #C259DC

tetradic

#DCC259 #59DC81 #5973DC #DC59B4

square

#DCC259 #59DC81 #5973DC #DC59B4

split-complementary

#DCC259 #59B4DC #8159DC

monochromatic

#9A8220 #CDAD2B #DCC259 #E7D58C #F1E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DCC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC259

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC259	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)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48b',
    500: '#dcc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc259;
$custom-light: #ead48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8159,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC259

secondary

#3B4F9E

accent

#3CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC259

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

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