#DCC565#DCC565

#DCC565 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.119 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC565
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -3.85, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 50.63, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0127 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.119 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8323, 56.0900, 20.4056)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC565 #657CDC

analogous

#DC8965 #DCC565 #B8DC65

triadic

#DCC565 #65DCC5 #C565DC

tetradic

#DCC565 #65DC89 #657CDC #DC65B8

square

#DCC565 #65DC89 #657CDC #DC65B8

split-complementary

#DCC565 #65B8DC #8965DC

monochromatic

#A28A25 #D1B233 #DCC565 #E7D897 #F3EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DCC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC565

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC565	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.119 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d693',
    500: '#dcc565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc565;
$custom-light: #e9d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82341,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC565

secondary

#4054A5

accent

#3DCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC565

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

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