#DCC85C#DCC85C

#DCC85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC85C
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -6.08, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 55.80, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0202 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1032, 57.2991, 18.4385)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC85C #5C70DC

analogous

#DC885C #DCC85C #B0DC5C

triadic

#DCC85C #5CDCC8 #C85CDC

tetradic

#DCC85C #5CDC88 #5C70DC #DC5CB0

square

#DCC85C #5CDC88 #5C70DC #DC5CB0

split-complementary

#DCC85C #5CB0DC #885CDC

monochromatic

#9C8922 #CEB52C #DCC85C #E7D98E #F2EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DCC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC85C

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC85C	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)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88e',
    500: '#dcc85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc85c;
$custom-light: #ead88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82851,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC85C

secondary

#3C4CA0

accent

#35CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC85C

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

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