#DCC56B#DCC56B

#DCC56B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.114 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC56B
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 107)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -3.35, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 47.80, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0106 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.114 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1371, 56.2119, 22.0107)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC56B #6B82DC

analogous

#DC8D6B #DCC56B #BBDC6B

triadic

#DCC56B #6BDCC5 #C56BDC

tetradic

#DCC56B #6BDC8D #6B82DC #DC6BBB

square

#DCC56B #6BDC8D #6B82DC #DC6BBB

split-complementary

#DCC56B #6BBBDC #8D6BDC

monochromatic

#A58C27 #D0B23A #DCC56B #E8D89C #F3ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DCC56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC56B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC56B	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)

#D5C163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.114 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d697',
    500: '#dcc56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc56b;
$custom-light: #e9d697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82419,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC56B

secondary

#4357A8

accent

#3FC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC56B

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

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