#DCC857#DCC857

#DCC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC857
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -6.43, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 58.02, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0218 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8918, 57.2145, 17.3251)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC857 #576BDC

analogous

#DC8557 #DCC857 #AEDC57

triadic

#DCC857 #57DCC8 #C857DC

tetradic

#DCC857 #57DC85 #576BDC #DC57AE

square

#DCC857 #57DC85 #576BDC #DC57AE

split-complementary

#DCC857 #57AEDC #8557DC

monochromatic

#998720 #CBB32A #DCC857 #E7D98A #F1E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DCC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC857

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC857	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88b',
    500: '#dcc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc857;
$custom-light: #ead88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82799,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC857

secondary

#3A499D

accent

#33CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC857

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

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