#DCCD57#DCCD57

#DCCD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCD57
RGB	rgb(220, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -8.98, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 59.77, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.029 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0688, 59.5685, 17.7174)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCD57 #5766DC

analogous

#DC8A57 #DCCD57 #A8DC57

triadic

#DCCD57 #57DCCD #CD57DC

tetradic

#DCCD57 #57DC8A #5766DC #DC57A8

square

#DCCD57 #57DC8A #5766DC #DC57A8

split-complementary

#DCCD57 #57A8DC #8A57DC

monochromatic

#998B20 #CBB92A #DCCD57 #E7DC8A #F1EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DCCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCD57

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCD57	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8b',
    500: '#dccd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccd57;
$custom-light: #eadc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83832,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCD57

secondary

#3A459D

accent

#2DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCD57

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

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