#DCCC57#DCCC57

#DCCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC57
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -8.47, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 59.41, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0276 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8304, 59.0916, 17.6380)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC57 #5767DC

analogous

#DC8957 #DCCC57 #A9DC57

triadic

#DCCC57 #57DCCC #CC57DC

tetradic

#DCCC57 #57DC89 #5767DC #DC57A9

square

#DCCC57 #57DC89 #5767DC #DC57A9

split-complementary

#DCCC57 #57A9DC #8957DC

monochromatic

#998A20 #CBB82A #DCCC57 #E7DB8A #F1EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DCCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC57

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC57	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8b',
    500: '#dccc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc57;
$custom-light: #eadb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83625,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC57

secondary

#3A469D

accent

#2ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC57

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

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