#DCC965#DCC965

#DCC965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC965
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -5.91, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 52.04, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0187 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7526, 57.9306, 20.7124)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC965 #6578DC

analogous

#DC8D65 #DCC965 #B3DC65

triadic

#DCC965 #65DCC9 #C965DC

tetradic

#DCC965 #65DC8D #6578DC #DC65B3

square

#DCC965 #65DC8D #6578DC #DC65B3

split-complementary

#DCC965 #65B3DC #8D65DC

monochromatic

#A28E25 #D1B833 #DCC965 #E7DA97 #F3ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DCC965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC965

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC965	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d994',
    500: '#dcc965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc965;
$custom-light: #e9d994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83161,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC965

secondary

#4050A5

accent

#37CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC965

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

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