#DCC569#DCC569

#DCC569 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.116 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC569
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -3.52, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 48.75, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0113 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.116 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0331, 56.1703, 21.4630)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC569 #6980DC

analogous

#DC8B69 #DCC569 #B9DC69

triadic

#DCC569 #69DCC5 #C569DC

tetradic

#DCC569 #69DC8B #6980DC #DC69B9

square

#DCC569 #69DC8B #6980DC #DC69B9

split-complementary

#DCC569 #69B9DC #8B69DC

monochromatic

#A48B26 #D0B237 #DCC569 #E8D89B #F3EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DCC569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC569

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC569	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.116 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d696',
    500: '#dcc569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc569;
$custom-light: #e9d696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82392,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC569

secondary

#4256A7

accent

#3ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC569

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

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