#DCCC72#DCCC72

#DCCC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC72
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -6.33, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 46.99, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0185 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1469, 59.6182, 24.5716)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC72 #7282DC

analogous

#DC9772 #DCCC72 #B7DC72

triadic

#DCCC72 #72DCCC #CC72DC

tetradic

#DCCC72 #72DC97 #7282DC #DC72B7

square

#DCCC72 #72DC97 #7282DC #DC72B7

split-complementary

#DCCC72 #72B7DC #9772DC

monochromatic

#AA962A #D0BA41 #DCCC72 #E8DEA3 #F4EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DCCC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DCCC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC72

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC72	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db9c',
    500: '#dccc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc72;
$custom-light: #e9db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83947,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC72

secondary

#4655AC

accent

#37C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC72

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

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