#DCC65F#DCC65F

#DCC65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC65F
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -4.83, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 53.75, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0162 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7768, 56.4323, 18.9895)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC65F #5F75DC

analogous

#DC885F #DCC65F #B4DC5F

triadic

#DCC65F #5FDCC6 #C65FDC

tetradic

#DCC65F #5FDC88 #5F75DC #DC5FB4

square

#DCC65F #5FDC88 #5F75DC #DC5FB4

split-complementary

#DCC65F #5FB4DC #885FDC

monochromatic

#9E8823 #D0B42E #DCC65F #E7D891 #F2EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DCC65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC65F

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC65F	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78f',
    500: '#dcc65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc65f;
$custom-light: #ead78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82474,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC65F

secondary

#3E4FA2

accent

#39CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC65F

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

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