#DCC95B#DCC95B

#DCC95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC95B
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -6.67, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 56.59, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.022 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2922, 57.7464, 18.2872)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC95B #5B6EDC

analogous

#DC885B #DCC95B #AEDC5B

triadic

#DCC95B #5BDCC9 #C95BDC

tetradic

#DCC95B #5BDC88 #5B6EDC #DC5BAE

square

#DCC95B #5BDC88 #5B6EDC #DC5BAE

split-complementary

#DCC95B #5BAEDC #885BDC

monochromatic

#9B8921 #CEB62C #DCC95B #E7DA8D #F2EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DCC95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC95B

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC95B	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98d',
    500: '#dcc95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc95b;
$custom-light: #ead98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83047,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC95B

secondary

#3C4B9F

accent

#33CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC95B

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

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