#DCC97D#DCC97D

#DCC97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.098 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC97D
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -3.72, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 40.48, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0099 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.098 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1049, 58.4715, 27.8342)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC97D #7D90DC

analogous

#DC997D #DCC97D #BFDC7D

triadic

#DCC97D #7DDCC9 #C97DDC

tetradic

#DCC97D #7DDC99 #7D90DC #DC7DBF

square

#DCC97D #7DDC99 #7D90DC #DC7DBF

split-complementary

#DCC97D #7DBFDC #997DDC

monochromatic

#AF962F #CFB54D #DCC97D #E9DDAD #F6F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DCC97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC97D

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC97D	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.098 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a4',
    500: '#dcc97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc97d;
$custom-light: #e8d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83496,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC97D

secondary

#4C60B2

accent

#41C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC97D

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

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