#DCC357#DCC357

#DCC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC357
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -3.86, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 56.35, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0144 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.13 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7527, 54.9363, 16.9454)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC357 #5770DC

analogous

#DC8157 #DCC357 #B2DC57

triadic

#DCC357 #57DCC3 #C357DC

tetradic

#DCC357 #57DC81 #5770DC #DC57B2

square

#DCC357 #57DC81 #5770DC #DC57B2

split-complementary

#DCC357 #57B2DC #8157DC

monochromatic

#998220 #CBAD2A #DCC357 #E7D58A #F1E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DCC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC357

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC357	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48a',
    500: '#dcc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc357;
$custom-light: #ead48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81773,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC357

secondary

#3A4D9D

accent

#3ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC357

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

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