#DCC045#DCC045

#DCC045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.142 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC045
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -3.40, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 63.01, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0151 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.142 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4414, 53.3471, 13.3219)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC045 #4561DC

analogous

#DC7545 #DCC045 #ADDC45

triadic

#DCC045 #45DCC0 #C045DC

tetradic

#DCC045 #45DC75 #4561DC #DC45AD

square

#DCC045 #45DC75 #4561DC #DC45AD

split-complementary

#DCC045 #45ADDC #7545DC

monochromatic

#8C771A #C0A324 #DCC045 #E6D179 #EFE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#DCC045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC045

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC045	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.142 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd27f',
    500: '#dcc045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc045;
$custom-light: #ebd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80992,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC045

secondary

#334592

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC045

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

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