#DCC56E#DCC56E

#DCC56E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.111 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC56E
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -3.09, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 46.36, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0095 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.111 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2977, 56.2761, 22.8564)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC56E #6E85DC

analogous

#DC8E6E #DCC56E #BCDC6E

triadic

#DCC56E #6EDCC5 #C56EDC

tetradic

#DCC56E #6EDC8E #6E85DC #DC6EBC

square

#DCC56E #6EDC8E #6E85DC #DC6EBC

split-complementary

#DCC56E #6EBCDC #8E6EDC

monochromatic

#A78D28 #D0B13D #DCC56E #E8D99F #F4ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DCC56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC56E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC56E	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)

#D5C267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.111 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d699',
    500: '#dcc56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc56e;
$custom-light: #e9d699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82459,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC56E

secondary

#4459AA

accent

#41C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC56E

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

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