#DCC969#DCC969

#DCC969 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC969
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -5.58, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 50.16, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0173 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9534, 58.0109, 21.7698)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC969 #697CDC

analogous

#DC8F69 #DCC969 #B5DC69

triadic

#DCC969 #69DCC9 #C969DC

tetradic

#DCC969 #69DC8F #697CDC #DC69B5

square

#DCC969 #69DC8F #697CDC #DC69B5

split-complementary

#DCC969 #69B5DC #8F69DC

monochromatic

#A48F26 #D0B737 #DCC969 #E8DB9B #F3EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DCC969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC969

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC969	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d996',
    500: '#dcc969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc969;
$custom-light: #e9d996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83211,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC969

secondary

#4253A7

accent

#38CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC969

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

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