#DCC966#DCC966

#DCC966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC966
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -5.83, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 51.57, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0183 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8019, 57.9503, 20.9720)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC966 #6679DC

analogous

#DC8E66 #DCC966 #B4DC66

triadic

#DCC966 #66DCC9 #C966DC

tetradic

#DCC966 #66DC8E #6679DC #DC66B4

square

#DCC966 #66DC8E #6679DC #DC66B4

split-complementary

#DCC966 #66B4DC #8E66DC

monochromatic

#A28E25 #D1B734 #DCC966 #E7DB98 #F3ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DCC966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC966

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC966	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)

#D9C45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d994',
    500: '#dcc966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc966;
$custom-light: #e9d994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83173,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC966

secondary

#4151A6

accent

#37CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC966

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

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