#DCC460#DCC460

#DCC460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.123 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC460
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -3.73, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 52.62, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0129 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.123 96)
XYZ	xyz(51.3684, 55.5423, 19.0790)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC460 #6078DC

analogous

#DC8660 #DCC460 #B6DC60

triadic

#DCC460 #60DCC4 #C460DC

tetradic

#DCC460 #60DC86 #6078DC #DC60B6

square

#DCC460 #60DC86 #6078DC #DC60B6

split-complementary

#DCC460 #60B6DC #8660DC

monochromatic

#9F8723 #D1B12E #DCC460 #E7D792 #F2E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DCC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC460

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC460	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.123 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d590',
    500: '#dcc460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc460;
$custom-light: #e9d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.5554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC460

secondary

#3E51A2

accent

#3CCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC460

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

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