#DCC65D#DCC65D

#DCC65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.127 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC65D
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -4.98, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 54.66, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0169 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.127 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6871, 56.3964, 18.5168)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC65D #5D73DC

analogous

#DC875D #DCC65D #B3DC5D

triadic

#DCC65D #5DDCC6 #C65DDC

tetradic

#DCC65D #5DDC87 #5D73DC #DC5DB3

square

#DCC65D #5DDC87 #5D73DC #DC5DB3

split-complementary

#DCC65D #5DB3DC #875DDC

monochromatic

#9D8722 #CFB32D #DCC65D #E7D88F #F2E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DCC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC65D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC65D	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)

#D7C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.127 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78e',
    500: '#dcc65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc65d;
$custom-light: #ead78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82452,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC65D

secondary

#3D4EA1

accent

#38CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC65D

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

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