#DCC271#DCC271

#DCC271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.105 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC271
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -1.26, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 43.90, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0039 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.105 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7893, 54.9937, 23.5065)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC271 #718BDC

analogous

#DC8D71 #DCC271 #C0DC71

triadic

#DCC271 #71DCC2 #C271DC

tetradic

#DCC271 #71DC8D #718BDC #DC71C0

square

#DCC271 #71DC8D #718BDC #DC71C0

split-complementary

#DCC271 #71C0DC #8D71DC

monochromatic

#A98A2A #D0AD40 #DCC271 #E8D7A2 #F4ECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DCC271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC271

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC271	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.105 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d49b',
    500: '#dcc271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc271;
$custom-light: #e9d49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81892,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC271

secondary

#465EAC

accent

#47C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC271

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →