#DCC757#DCC757

#DCC757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC757
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -5.92, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 57.68, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0203 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6610, 56.7529, 17.2482)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC757 #576CDC

analogous

#DC8457 #DCC757 #AFDC57

triadic

#DCC757 #57DCC7 #C757DC

tetradic

#DCC757 #57DC84 #576CDC #DC57AF

square

#DCC757 #57DC84 #576CDC #DC57AF

split-complementary

#DCC757 #57AFDC #8457DC

monochromatic

#998620 #CBB22A #DCC757 #E7D88A #F1E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DCC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC757

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC757	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78a',
    500: '#dcc757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc757;
$custom-light: #ead78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82593,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC757

secondary

#3A4A9D

accent

#35CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC757

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

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