#DCC765#DCC765

#DCC765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.121 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC765
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -4.88, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 51.33, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0157 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.121 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2894, 57.0042, 20.5580)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC765 #657ADC

analogous

#DC8B65 #DCC765 #B5DC65

triadic

#DCC765 #65DCC7 #C765DC

tetradic

#DCC765 #65DC8B #657ADC #DC65B5

square

#DCC765 #65DC8B #657ADC #DC65B5

split-complementary

#DCC765 #65B5DC #8B65DC

monochromatic

#A28C25 #D1B533 #DCC765 #E7D997 #F3EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DCC765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC765

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC765	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.121 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d793',
    500: '#dcc765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc765;
$custom-light: #e9d793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82751,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC765

secondary

#4052A5

accent

#3ACB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC765

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

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