#DCC577#DCC577

#DCC577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.101 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC577
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -2.25, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 41.99, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0062 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.101 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8128, 56.4821, 25.5694)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC577 #778EDC

analogous

#DC9377 #DCC577 #C1DC77

triadic

#DCC577 #77DCC5 #C577DC

tetradic

#DCC577 #77DC93 #778EDC #DC77C1

square

#DCC577 #77DC93 #778EDC #DC77C1

split-complementary

#DCC577 #77C1DC #9377DC

monochromatic

#AC8F2C #CFB046 #DCC577 #E9DAA8 #F5EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DCC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC577

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC577	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.101 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d69f',
    500: '#dcc577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc577;
$custom-light: #e9d69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.337,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82589,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC577

secondary

#4860AF

accent

#45C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC577

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

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