#DCC560#DCC560

#DCC560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.124 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC560
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -4.24, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 52.95, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0144 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.124 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5947, 55.9949, 19.1545)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC560 #6077DC

analogous

#DC8760 #DCC560 #B5DC60

triadic

#DCC560 #60DCC5 #C560DC

tetradic

#DCC560 #60DC87 #6077DC #DC60B5

square

#DCC560 #60DC87 #6077DC #DC60B5

split-complementary

#DCC560 #60B5DC #8760DC

monochromatic

#9F8823 #D1B32E #DCC560 #E7D792 #F2EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DCC560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC560

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC560	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.124 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d690',
    500: '#dcc560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc560;
$custom-light: #e9d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82281,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC560

secondary

#3E51A2

accent

#3BCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC560

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

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