#DCC970#DCC970

#DCC970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.112 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC970
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -4.97, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 46.83, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0148 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.112 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3281, 58.1608, 23.7432)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC970 #7083DC

analogous

#DC9370 #DCC970 #B9DC70

triadic

#DCC970 #70DCC9 #C970DC

tetradic

#DCC970 #70DC93 #7083DC #DC70B9

square

#DCC970 #70DC93 #7083DC #DC70B9

split-complementary

#DCC970 #70B9DC #9370DC

monochromatic

#A89229 #D0B63F #DCC970 #E8DCA1 #F4EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DCC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC970

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC970	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)

#D9C568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.112 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99b',
    500: '#dcc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc970;
$custom-light: #e9d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83304,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC970

secondary

#4557AB

accent

#3BC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC970

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

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