#DCC980#DCC980

#DCC980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.095 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC980
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -3.41, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 38.99, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0087 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.095 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2994, 58.5493, 28.8588)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC980 #8093DC

analogous

#DC9B80 #DCC980 #C1DC80

triadic

#DCC980 #80DCC9 #C980DC

tetradic

#DCC980 #80DC9B #8093DC #DC80C1

square

#DCC980 #80DC9B #8093DC #DC80C1

split-complementary

#DCC980 #80C1DC #9B80DC

monochromatic

#B19631 #CFB550 #DCC980 #E9DDB0 #F6F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DCC980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC980

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC980	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.095 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a6',
    500: '#dcc980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc980;
$custom-light: #e8d9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.609,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83544,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC980

secondary

#4E62B3

accent

#43C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC980

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

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