#DCC65B#DCC65B

#DCC65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC65B
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -5.13, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 55.56, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0175 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5996, 56.3614, 18.0564)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC65B #5B71DC

analogous

#DC855B #DCC65B #B2DC5B

triadic

#DCC65B #5BDCC6 #C65BDC

tetradic

#DCC65B #5BDC85 #5B71DC #DC5BB2

square

#DCC65B #5BDC85 #5B71DC #DC5BB2

split-complementary

#DCC65B #5BB2DC #855BDC

monochromatic

#9B8721 #CEB22C #DCC65B #E7D88D #F2E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DCC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC65B

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC65B	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)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78d',
    500: '#dcc65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc65b;
$custom-light: #ead78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8243,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC65B

secondary

#3C4D9F

accent

#38CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC65B

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

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