#DCC659#DCC659

#DCC659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC659
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -5.27, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 56.45, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0182 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.5145, 56.3273, 17.6080)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC659 #596FDC

analogous

#DC8559 #DCC659 #B0DC59

triadic

#DCC659 #59DCC6 #C659DC

tetradic

#DCC659 #59DC85 #596FDC #DC59B0

square

#DCC659 #59DC85 #596FDC #DC59B0

split-complementary

#DCC659 #59B0DC #8559DC

monochromatic

#9A8620 #CDB22B #DCC659 #E7D78C #F1E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DCC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC659

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC659	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78c',
    500: '#dcc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc659;
$custom-light: #ead78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82408,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.56325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC659

secondary

#3B4C9E

accent

#37CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC659

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

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