#DCC96F#DCC96F

#DCC96F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.113 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC96F
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -5.06, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 47.31, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0151 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.113 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2727, 58.1387, 23.4516)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC96F #6F82DC

analogous

#DC926F #DCC96F #B9DC6F

triadic

#DCC96F #6FDCC9 #C96FDC

tetradic

#DCC96F #6FDC92 #6F82DC #DC6FB9

square

#DCC96F #6FDC92 #6F82DC #DC6FB9

split-complementary

#DCC96F #6FB9DC #926FDC

monochromatic

#A89229 #D0B73E #DCC96F #E8DBA0 #F4EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCC96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DCC96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC96F

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC96F	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.113 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99a',
    500: '#dcc96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc96f;
$custom-light: #e9d99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8329,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC96F

secondary

#4556AB

accent

#3BC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC96F

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

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