#DCC457#DCC457

#DCC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.131 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC457
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -4.38, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 56.68, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0159 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.131 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.9775, 55.3860, 17.0204)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC457 #576FDC

analogous

#DC8157 #DCC457 #B1DC57

triadic

#DCC457 #57DCC4 #C457DC

tetradic

#DCC457 #57DC81 #576FDC #DC57B1

square

#DCC457 #57DC81 #576FDC #DC57B1

split-complementary

#DCC457 #57B1DC #8157DC

monochromatic

#998320 #CBAE2A #DCC457 #E7D68A #F1E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DCC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC457

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC457	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.131 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58a',
    500: '#dcc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc457;
$custom-light: #ead58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81977,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC457

secondary

#3A4C9D

accent

#39CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC457

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

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