#DCC459#DCC459

#DCC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.129 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC459
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -4.24, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 55.79, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0152 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.129 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0604, 55.4191, 17.4567)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC459 #5971DC

analogous

#DC8359 #DCC459 #B2DC59

triadic

#DCC459 #59DCC4 #C459DC

tetradic

#DCC459 #59DC83 #5971DC #DC59B2

square

#DCC459 #59DC83 #5971DC #DC59B2

split-complementary

#DCC459 #59B2DC #8359DC

monochromatic

#9A8420 #CDAF2B #DCC459 #E7D68C #F1E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DCC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC459

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC459	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)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.129 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58c',
    500: '#dcc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc459;
$custom-light: #ead58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81998,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC459

secondary

#3B4D9E

accent

#3ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC459

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

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