#DCC981#DCC981

#DCC981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.094 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC981
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -3.30, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 38.50, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0083 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.094 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3656, 58.5758, 29.2071)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC981 #8194DC

analogous

#DC9B81 #DCC981 #C1DC81

triadic

#DCC981 #81DCC9 #C981DC

tetradic

#DCC981 #81DC9B #8194DC #DC81C1

square

#DCC981 #81DC9B #8194DC #DC81C1

split-complementary

#DCC981 #81C1DC #9B81DC

monochromatic

#B19731 #CFB451 #DCC981 #E9DEB1 #F7F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DCC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC981

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC981	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)

#D7C67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.094 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a6',
    500: '#dcc981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc981;
$custom-light: #e8d9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.473,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8356,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC981

secondary

#4F63B3

accent

#43C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC981

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

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