#DCCA57#DCCA57

#DCCA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA57
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -7.45, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 58.71, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0247 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3581, 58.1470, 17.4805)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA57 #5769DC

analogous

#DC8857 #DCCA57 #ABDC57

triadic

#DCCA57 #57DCCA #CA57DC

tetradic

#DCCA57 #57DC88 #5769DC #DC57AB

square

#DCCA57 #57DC88 #5769DC #DC57AB

split-complementary

#DCCA57 #57ABDC #8857DC

monochromatic

#998820 #CBB62A #DCCA57 #E7DA8A #F1EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DCCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA57

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA57	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98b',
    500: '#dcca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca57;
$custom-light: #ead98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83211,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA57

secondary

#3A489D

accent

#31CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA57

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

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