#DCC957#DCC957

#DCC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC957
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -6.94, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 58.36, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0232 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1242, 57.6792, 17.4026)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC957 #576ADC

analogous

#DC8757 #DCC957 #ACDC57

triadic

#DCC957 #57DCC9 #C957DC

tetradic

#DCC957 #57DC87 #576ADC #DC57AC

square

#DCC957 #57DC87 #576ADC #DC57AC

split-complementary

#DCC957 #57ACDC #8757DC

monochromatic

#998720 #CBB42A #DCC957 #E7D98A #F1EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DCC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC957

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC957	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98b',
    500: '#dcc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc957;
$custom-light: #ead98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83005,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC957

secondary

#3A489D

accent

#32CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC957

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

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