#DCCC59#DCCC59

#DCCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.136 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC59
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -8.34, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 58.54, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.027 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.136 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9132, 59.1247, 18.0743)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC59 #5969DC

analogous

#DC8A59 #DCCC59 #AADC59

triadic

#DCCC59 #59DCCC #CC59DC

tetradic

#DCCC59 #59DC8A #5969DC #DC59AA

square

#DCCC59 #59DC8A #5969DC #DC59AA

split-complementary

#DCCC59 #59AADC #8A59DC

monochromatic

#9A8B20 #CDB92B #DCCC59 #E7DC8C #F1EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DCCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC59

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC59	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)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.136 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8c',
    500: '#dccc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc59;
$custom-light: #eadb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83645,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC59

secondary

#3B479E

accent

#2FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC59

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

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