#DCC97F#DCC97F

#DCC97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.096 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC97F
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 127)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 42.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -3.51, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 39.49, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0091 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.096 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2339, 58.5231, 28.5138)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC97F #7F92DC

analogous

#DC9A7F #DCC97F #C0DC7F

triadic

#DCC97F #7FDCC9 #C97FDC

tetradic

#DCC97F #7FDC9A #7F92DC #DC7FC0

square

#DCC97F #7FDC9A #7F92DC #DC7FC0

split-complementary

#DCC97F #7FC0DC #9A7FDC

monochromatic

#B09630 #CFB54F #DCC97F #E9DDAF #F6F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DCC97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC97F

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC97F	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)

#D7C679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.096 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a5',
    500: '#dcc97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc97f;
$custom-light: #e8d9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83527,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC97F

secondary

#4D62B2

accent

#42C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC97F

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

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