#DCC971#DCC971

#DCC971 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.111 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC971
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -4.88, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 46.35, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0144 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.111 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3841, 58.1832, 24.0380)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC971 #7184DC

analogous

#DC9371 #DCC971 #B9DC71

triadic

#DCC971 #71DCC9 #C971DC

tetradic

#DCC971 #71DC93 #7184DC #DC71B9

square

#DCC971 #71DC93 #7184DC #DC71B9

split-complementary

#DCC971 #71B9DC #9371DC

monochromatic

#A9922A #D0B640 #DCC971 #E8DCA2 #F4EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCC971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DCC971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC971

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC971	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.111 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99b',
    500: '#dcc971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc971;
$custom-light: #e9d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83317,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC971

secondary

#4658AC

accent

#3CC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC971

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

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