#DCC95E#DCC95E

#DCC95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.129 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC95E
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -6.45, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 55.25, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.021 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.129 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4242, 57.7992, 18.9824)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC95E #5E71DC

analogous

#DC8A5E #DCC95E #B0DC5E

triadic

#DCC95E #5EDCC9 #C95EDC

tetradic

#DCC95E #5EDC8A #5E71DC #DC5EB0

square

#DCC95E #5EDC8A #5E71DC #DC5EB0

split-complementary

#DCC95E #5EB0DC #8A5EDC

monochromatic

#9D8B22 #D0B72D #DCC95E #E7DA90 #F2EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DCC95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC95E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC95E	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)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.129 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98f',
    500: '#dcc95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc95e;
$custom-light: #ead98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83079,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC95E

secondary

#3D4CA1

accent

#34CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC95E

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

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