#DCC97E#DCC97E

#DCC97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.097 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC97E
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -3.62, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 39.99, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0095 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.097 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1691, 58.4972, 28.1723)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC97E #7E91DC

analogous

#DC9A7E #DCC97E #C0DC7E

triadic

#DCC97E #7EDCC9 #C97EDC

tetradic

#DCC97E #7EDC9A #7E91DC #DC7EC0

square

#DCC97E #7EDC9A #7E91DC #DC7EC0

split-complementary

#DCC97E #7EC0DC #9A7EDC

monochromatic

#B09630 #CFB54E #DCC97E #E9DDAE #F6F1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DCC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC97E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC97E	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.097 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a4',
    500: '#dcc97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc97e;
$custom-light: #e8d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83511,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC97E

secondary

#4C61B2

accent

#42C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC97E

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

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