#DCC56A#DCC56A

#DCC56A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.115 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC56A
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -3.44, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 48.27, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.011 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.115 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0848, 56.1909, 21.7353)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC56A #6A81DC

analogous

#DC8C6A #DCC56A #BADC6A

triadic

#DCC56A #6ADCC5 #C56ADC

tetradic

#DCC56A #6ADC8C #6A81DC #DC6ABA

square

#DCC56A #6ADC8C #6A81DC #DC6ABA

split-complementary

#DCC56A #6ABADC #8C6ADC

monochromatic

#A58B27 #D0B238 #DCC56A #E8D89C #F3ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DCC56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC56A

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC56A	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.115 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d697',
    500: '#dcc56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc56a;
$custom-light: #e9d697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82405,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC56A

secondary

#4257A8

accent

#3FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC56A

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

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