#DCC960#DCC960

#DCC960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC960
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -6.30, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 54.34, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0203 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5151, 57.8356, 19.4612)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC960 #6073DC

analogous

#DC8B60 #DCC960 #B1DC60

triadic

#DCC960 #60DCC9 #C960DC

tetradic

#DCC960 #60DC8B #6073DC #DC60B1

square

#DCC960 #60DC8B #6073DC #DC60B1

split-complementary

#DCC960 #60B1DC #8B60DC

monochromatic

#9F8C23 #D1B82E #DCC960 #E7DA92 #F2EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DCC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC960

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC960	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d990',
    500: '#dcc960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc960;
$custom-light: #e9d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83102,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC960

secondary

#3E4DA2

accent

#35CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC960

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

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