#DCC65E#DCC65E

#DCC65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC65E
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -4.91, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 54.21, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0166 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7317, 56.4142, 18.7516)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC65E #5E74DC

analogous

#DC875E #DCC65E #B3DC5E

triadic

#DCC65E #5EDCC6 #C65EDC

tetradic

#DCC65E #5EDC87 #5E74DC #DC5EB3

square

#DCC65E #5EDC87 #5E74DC #DC5EB3

split-complementary

#DCC65E #5EB3DC #875EDC

monochromatic

#9D8822 #D0B32D #DCC65E #E7D890 #F2EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DCC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC65E

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC65E	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)

#D7C254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78f',
    500: '#dcc65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc65e;
$custom-light: #ead78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82463,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC65E

secondary

#3D4FA1

accent

#39CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC65E

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

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