#DCC96A#DCC96A

#DCC96A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.118 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC96A
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -5.50, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 49.69, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0169 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.118 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0051, 58.0316, 22.0420)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC96A #6A7DDC

analogous

#DC906A #DCC96A #B6DC6A

triadic

#DCC96A #6ADCC9 #C96ADC

tetradic

#DCC96A #6ADC90 #6A7DDC #DC6AB6

square

#DCC96A #6ADC90 #6A7DDC #DC6AB6

split-complementary

#DCC96A #6AB6DC #906ADC

monochromatic

#A59027 #D0B738 #DCC96A #E8DB9C #F3EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DCC96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC96A

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC96A	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.118 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d997',
    500: '#dcc96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc96a;
$custom-light: #e9d997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83224,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC96A

secondary

#4253A8

accent

#39CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC96A

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

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