#DCC65C#DCC65C

#DCC65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC65C
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -5.05, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 55.11, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0172 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6431, 56.3788, 18.2851)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC65C #5C72DC

analogous

#DC865C #DCC65C #B2DC5C

triadic

#DCC65C #5CDCC6 #C65CDC

tetradic

#DCC65C #5CDC86 #5C72DC #DC5CB2

square

#DCC65C #5CDC86 #5C72DC #DC5CB2

split-complementary

#DCC65C #5CB2DC #865CDC

monochromatic

#9C8722 #CEB32C #DCC65C #E7D88E #F2E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DCC65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC65C

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC65C	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78e',
    500: '#dcc65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc65c;
$custom-light: #ead78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82441,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC65C

secondary

#3C4DA0

accent

#38CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC65C

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

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