#DCC579#DCC579

#DCC579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.099 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC579
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -2.05, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 41.01, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0054 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.099 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9341, 56.5307, 26.2087)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC579 #7990DC

analogous

#DC9479 #DCC579 #C1DC79

triadic

#DCC579 #79DCC5 #C579DC

tetradic

#DCC579 #79DC94 #7990DC #DC79C1

square

#DCC579 #79DC94 #7990DC #DC79C1

split-complementary

#DCC579 #79C1DC #9479DC

monochromatic

#AD902D #CFB048 #DCC579 #E9DAAA #F5EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DCC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC579

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC579	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.099 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6a1',
    500: '#dcc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc579;
$custom-light: #e8d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8262,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC579

secondary

#4A61B0

accent

#46C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC579

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

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