#DCC95D#DCC95D

#DCC95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC95D
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -6.52, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 55.70, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0213 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3796, 57.7814, 18.7477)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC95D #5D70DC

analogous

#DC8A5D #DCC95D #B0DC5D

triadic

#DCC95D #5DDCC9 #C95DDC

tetradic

#DCC95D #5DDC8A #5D70DC #DC5DB0

square

#DCC95D #5DDC8A #5D70DC #DC5DB0

split-complementary

#DCC95D #5DB0DC #8A5DDC

monochromatic

#9D8A22 #CFB72D #DCC95D #E7DA8F #F2EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DCC95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC95D

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC95D	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98e',
    500: '#dcc95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc95d;
$custom-light: #ead98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83068,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC95D

secondary

#3D4CA1

accent

#34CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC95D

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

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