#DCC359#DCC359

#DCC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC359
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -3.72, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 55.46, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0137 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8356, 54.9695, 17.3817)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC359 #5972DC

analogous

#DC8259 #DCC359 #B3DC59

triadic

#DCC359 #59DCC3 #C359DC

tetradic

#DCC359 #59DC82 #5972DC #DC59B3

square

#DCC359 #59DC82 #5972DC #DC59B3

split-complementary

#DCC359 #59B3DC #8259DC

monochromatic

#9A8320 #CDAE2B #DCC359 #E7D58C #F1E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DCC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC359

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC359	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)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48b',
    500: '#dcc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc359;
$custom-light: #ead48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81794,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC359

secondary

#3B4E9E

accent

#3BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC359

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

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