#DCC963#DCC963

#DCC963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC963
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -6.07, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 52.96, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0193 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6558, 57.8919, 20.2026)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC963 #6376DC

analogous

#DC8D63 #DCC963 #B2DC63

triadic

#DCC963 #63DCC9 #C963DC

tetradic

#DCC963 #63DC8D #6376DC #DC63B2

square

#DCC963 #63DC8D #6376DC #DC63B2

split-complementary

#DCC963 #63B2DC #8D63DC

monochromatic

#A18D24 #D1B831 #DCC963 #E7DA95 #F2ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DCC963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC963

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC963	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d992',
    500: '#dcc963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc963;
$custom-light: #e9d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83137,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC963

secondary

#3F4FA4

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC963

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

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