#DCC65A#DCC65A

#DCC65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC65A
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -5.20, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 56.01, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0179 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5568, 56.3443, 17.8307)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC65A #5A70DC

analogous

#DC855A #DCC65A #B1DC5A

triadic

#DCC65A #5ADCC6 #C65ADC

tetradic

#DCC65A #5ADC85 #5A70DC #DC5AB1

square

#DCC65A #5ADC85 #5A70DC #DC5AB1

split-complementary

#DCC65A #5AB1DC #855ADC

monochromatic

#9B8621 #CDB22C #DCC65A #E7D78C #F1E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DCC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC65A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC65A	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)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78c',
    500: '#dcc65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc65a;
$custom-light: #ead78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82419,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC65A

secondary

#3B4C9F

accent

#37CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC65A

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

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