#DCC85D#DCC85D

#DCC85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC85D
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -6.01, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 55.35, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0199 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1472, 57.3167, 18.6702)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC85D #5D71DC

analogous

#DC895D #DCC85D #B1DC5D

triadic

#DCC85D #5DDCC8 #C85DDC

tetradic

#DCC85D #5DDC89 #5D71DC #DC5DB1

square

#DCC85D #5DDC89 #5D71DC #DC5DB1

split-complementary

#DCC85D #5DB1DC #895DDC

monochromatic

#9D8922 #CFB62D #DCC85D #E7D98F #F2EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DCC85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC85D

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC85D	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	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)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88e',
    500: '#dcc85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc85d;
$custom-light: #ead88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82862,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC85D

secondary

#3D4CA1

accent

#35CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC85D

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

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