#DCC97B#DCC97B

#DCC97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.101 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC97B
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 123)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 44.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -3.92, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 41.47, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0107 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.101 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9784, 58.4209, 27.1681)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC97B #7B8EDC

analogous

#DC987B #DCC97B #BFDC7B

triadic

#DCC97B #7BDCC9 #C97BDC

tetradic

#DCC97B #7BDC98 #7B8EDC #DC7BBF

square

#DCC97B #7BDC98 #7B8EDC #DC7BBF

split-complementary

#DCC97B #7BBFDC #987BDC

monochromatic

#AE952E #CFB54B #DCC97B #E9DDAB #F6F1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCC97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DCC97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC97B

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC97B	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.101 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a2',
    500: '#dcc97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc97b;
$custom-light: #e8d9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 58.084,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83464,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC97B

secondary

#4B5FB1

accent

#40C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC97B

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

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