#DCC85A#DCC85A

#DCC85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC85A
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -6.22, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 56.69, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0208 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0170, 57.2646, 17.9841)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC85A #5A6EDC

analogous

#DC875A #DCC85A #AFDC5A

triadic

#DCC85A #5ADCC8 #C85ADC

tetradic

#DCC85A #5ADC87 #5A6EDC #DC5AAF

square

#DCC85A #5ADC87 #5A6EDC #DC5AAF

split-complementary

#DCC85A #5AAFDC #875ADC

monochromatic

#9B8821 #CDB42C #DCC85A #E7D98C #F1EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DCC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC85A

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC85A	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)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88c',
    500: '#dcc85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc85a;
$custom-light: #ead88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8283,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC85A

secondary

#3B4B9F

accent

#34CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC85A

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

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