#DCC85B#DCC85B

#DCC85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC85B
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -6.15, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 56.25, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0205 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.0598, 57.2817, 18.2098)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC85B #5B6FDC

analogous

#DC875B #DCC85B #AFDC5B

triadic

#DCC85B #5BDCC8 #C85BDC

tetradic

#DCC85B #5BDC87 #5B6FDC #DC5BAF

square

#DCC85B #5BDC87 #5B6FDC #DC5BAF

split-complementary

#DCC85B #5BAFDC #875BDC

monochromatic

#9B8821 #CEB52C #DCC85B #E7D98D #F2EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DCC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC85B

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC85B	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88d',
    500: '#dcc85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc85b;
$custom-light: #ead88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82841,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.5728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC85B

secondary

#3C4B9F

accent

#35CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC85B

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

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