#DCC85F#DCC85F

#DCC85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.127 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC85F
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -5.86, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 54.44, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0192 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.127 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2370, 57.3526, 19.1429)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC85F #5F73DC

analogous

#DC8A5F #DCC85F #B2DC5F

triadic

#DCC85F #5FDCC8 #C85FDC

tetradic

#DCC85F #5FDC8A #5F73DC #DC5FB2

square

#DCC85F #5FDC8A #5F73DC #DC5FB2

split-complementary

#DCC85F #5FB2DC #8A5FDC

monochromatic

#9E8A23 #D0B62E #DCC85F #E7D991 #F2EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DCC85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC85F

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC85F	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)

#D9C355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.127 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d890',
    500: '#dcc85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc85f;
$custom-light: #e9d890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82885,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC85F

secondary

#3E4EA2

accent

#36CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC85F

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

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