#DCC859#DCC859

#DCC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC859
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -6.29, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 57.14, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0211 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9747, 57.2477, 17.7614)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC859 #596DDC

analogous

#DC8659 #DCC859 #AEDC59

triadic

#DCC859 #59DCC8 #C859DC

tetradic

#DCC859 #59DC86 #596DDC #DC59AE

square

#DCC859 #59DC86 #596DDC #DC59AE

split-complementary

#DCC859 #59AEDC #8659DC

monochromatic

#9A8820 #CDB42B #DCC859 #E7D98C #F1E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DCC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC859

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC859	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88c',
    500: '#dcc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc859;
$custom-light: #ead88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82819,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC859

secondary

#3B4A9E

accent

#34CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC859

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

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