#DCC041#DCC041

#DCC041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.144 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC041
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -3.60, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 64.56, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0162 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.144 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3214, 53.2991, 12.6899)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC041 #415DDC

analogous

#DC7241 #DCC041 #ABDC41

triadic

#DCC041 #41DCC0 #C041DC

tetradic

#DCC041 #41DC72 #415DDC #DC41AB

square

#DCC041 #41DC72 #415DDC #DC41AB

split-complementary

#DCC041 #41ABDC #7241DC

monochromatic

#897519 #BDA123 #DCC041 #E6D175 #EFE2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#DCC041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC041

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC041	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.144 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd27d',
    500: '#dcc041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc041;
$custom-light: #ebd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80961,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC041

secondary

#32438F

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC041

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

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