#DCC265#DCC265

#DCC265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC265
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -2.30, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 49.63, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0082 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.117 94)
XYZ	xyz(51.1579, 54.7411, 20.1808)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC265 #657FDC

analogous

#DC8665 #DCC265 #BADC65

triadic

#DCC265 #65DCC2 #C265DC

tetradic

#DCC265 #65DC86 #657FDC #DC65BA

square

#DCC265 #65DC86 #657FDC #DC65BA

split-complementary

#DCC265 #65BADC #8665DC

monochromatic

#A28725 #D1AE33 #DCC265 #E7D697 #F3EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DCC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC265

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC265	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d493',
    500: '#dcc265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc265;
$custom-light: #e9d493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8173,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.54739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC265

secondary

#4056A5

accent

#41CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC265

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

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