#DCC86A#DCC86A

#DCC86A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC86A
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -4.98, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 49.33, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0154 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7728, 57.5669, 21.9646)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC86A #6A7EDC

analogous

#DC8F6A #DCC86A #B7DC6A

triadic

#DCC86A #6ADCC8 #C86ADC

tetradic

#DCC86A #6ADC8F #6A7EDC #DC6AB7

square

#DCC86A #6ADC8F #6A7EDC #DC6AB7

split-complementary

#DCC86A #6AB7DC #8F6ADC

monochromatic

#A58F27 #D0B638 #DCC86A #E8DA9C #F3EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DCC86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC86A

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC86A	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)

#D8C462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d897',
    500: '#dcc86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc86a;
$custom-light: #e9d897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83018,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC86A

secondary

#4254A8

accent

#3ACA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC86A

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

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