#DCC869#DCC869

#DCC869 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.118 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC869
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -5.07, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 49.80, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0158 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.118 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7211, 57.5462, 21.6923)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC869 #697DDC

analogous

#DC8E69 #DCC869 #B6DC69

triadic

#DCC869 #69DCC8 #C869DC

tetradic

#DCC869 #69DC8E #697DDC #DC69B6

square

#DCC869 #69DC8E #697DDC #DC69B6

split-complementary

#DCC869 #69B6DC #8E69DC

monochromatic

#A48E26 #D0B637 #DCC869 #E8DA9B #F3ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DCC869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC869

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC869	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.118 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d896',
    500: '#dcc869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc869;
$custom-light: #e9d896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83006,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC869

secondary

#4254A7

accent

#3ACA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC869

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

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