#DCC95C#DCC95C

#DCC95C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC95C
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -6.59, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 56.15, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0216 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3356, 57.7638, 18.5159)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC95C #5C6FDC

analogous

#DC895C #DCC95C #AFDC5C

triadic

#DCC95C #5CDCC9 #C95CDC

tetradic

#DCC95C #5CDC89 #5C6FDC #DC5CAF

square

#DCC95C #5CDC89 #5C6FDC #DC5CAF

split-complementary

#DCC95C #5CAFDC #895CDC

monochromatic

#9C8A22 #CEB62C #DCC95C #E7DA8E #F2EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DCC95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC95C

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC95C	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)

#DAC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98e',
    500: '#dcc95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc95c;
$custom-light: #ead98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83057,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC95C

secondary

#3C4BA0

accent

#34CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC95C

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

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