#DCC759#DCC759

#DCC759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC759
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -5.78, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 56.79, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0197 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7438, 56.7860, 17.6845)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC759 #596EDC

analogous

#DC8659 #DCC759 #AFDC59

triadic

#DCC759 #59DCC7 #C759DC

tetradic

#DCC759 #59DC86 #596EDC #DC59AF

square

#DCC759 #59DC86 #596EDC #DC59AF

split-complementary

#DCC759 #59AFDC #8659DC

monochromatic

#9A8720 #CDB32B #DCC759 #E7D88C #F1E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DCC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC759

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC759	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78c',
    500: '#dcc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc759;
$custom-light: #ead78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82614,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC759

secondary

#3B4B9E

accent

#35CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC759

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

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