#DCC976#DCC976

#DCC976 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.106 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC976
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 46.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -4.41, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 43.92, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0126 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.106 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6734, 58.2989, 25.5616)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC976 #7689DC

analogous

#DC9676 #DCC976 #BCDC76

triadic

#DCC976 #76DCC9 #C976DC

tetradic

#DCC976 #76DC96 #7689DC #DC76BC

square

#DCC976 #76DC96 #7689DC #DC76BC

split-complementary

#DCC976 #76BCDC #9676DC

monochromatic

#AC942C #D0B645 #DCC976 #E8DCA7 #F5EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCC976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DCC976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC976

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC976	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.106 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99f',
    500: '#dcc976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc976;
$custom-light: #e9d99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC976

secondary

#485BAE

accent

#3EC71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC976

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

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