#DCC85E#DCC85E

#DCC85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.128 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC85E
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -5.94, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 54.90, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0195 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.128 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1918, 57.3345, 18.9050)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC85E #5E72DC

analogous

#DC895E #DCC85E #B1DC5E

triadic

#DCC85E #5EDCC8 #C85EDC

tetradic

#DCC85E #5EDC89 #5E72DC #DC5EB1

square

#DCC85E #5EDC89 #5E72DC #DC5EB1

split-complementary

#DCC85E #5EB1DC #895EDC

monochromatic

#9D8A22 #D0B62D #DCC85E #E7D990 #F2EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DCC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC85E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC85E	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.128 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88f',
    500: '#dcc85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc85e;
$custom-light: #ead88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82874,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC85E

secondary

#3D4DA1

accent

#36CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC85E

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

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