#DCC86E#DCC86E

#DCC86E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.113 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC86E
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -4.64, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 47.42, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.014 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.113 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9856, 57.6521, 23.0858)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC86E #6E82DC

analogous

#DC916E #DCC86E #B9DC6E

triadic

#DCC86E #6EDCC8 #C86EDC

tetradic

#DCC86E #6EDC91 #6E82DC #DC6EB9

square

#DCC86E #6EDC91 #6E82DC #DC6EB9

split-complementary

#DCC86E #6EB9DC #916EDC

monochromatic

#A79028 #D0B53D #DCC86E #E8DB9F #F4EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DCC86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC86E

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC86E	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.113 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d899',
    500: '#dcc86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc86e;
$custom-light: #e9d899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83072,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC86E

secondary

#4457AA

accent

#3CC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC86E

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

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