#DCC260#DCC260

#DCC260 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.122 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC260
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -2.69, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 51.96, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0099 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.122 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9203, 54.6461, 18.9296)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC260 #607ADC

analogous

#DC8460 #DCC260 #B8DC60

triadic

#DCC260 #60DCC2 #C260DC

tetradic

#DCC260 #60DC84 #607ADC #DC60B8

square

#DCC260 #60DC84 #607ADC #DC60B8

split-complementary

#DCC260 #60B8DC #8460DC

monochromatic

#9F8523 #D1AF2E #DCC260 #E7D592 #F2E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DCC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC260

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC260	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.122 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d490',
    500: '#dcc260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc260;
$custom-light: #e9d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81669,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC260

secondary

#3E53A2

accent

#3FCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC260

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

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