#DCC56D#DCC56D

#DCC56D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.112 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC56D
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -3.18, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 46.84, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0099 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.112 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2435, 56.2544, 22.5713)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC56D #6D84DC

analogous

#DC8E6D #DCC56D #BBDC6D

triadic

#DCC56D #6DDCC5 #C56DDC

tetradic

#DCC56D #6DDC8E #6D84DC #DC6DBB

square

#DCC56D #6DDC8E #6D84DC #DC6DBB

split-complementary

#DCC56D #6DBBDC #8E6DDC

monochromatic

#A78C28 #D0B13C #DCC56D #E8D99E #F4ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DCC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC56D

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC56D	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.112 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d699',
    500: '#dcc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc56d;
$custom-light: #e9d699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82445,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC56D

secondary

#4459AA

accent

#40C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC56D

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

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