#DCC048#DCC048

#DCC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.140 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC048
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -3.23, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 61.81, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0143 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.14 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5369, 53.3853, 13.8248)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC048 #4864DC

analogous

#DC7648 #DCC048 #AEDC48

triadic

#DCC048 #48DCC0 #C048DC

tetradic

#DCC048 #48DC76 #4864DC #DC48AE

square

#DCC048 #48DC76 #4864DC #DC48AE

split-complementary

#DCC048 #48AEDC #7648DC

monochromatic

#8E791B #C2A425 #DCC048 #E6D27B #F0E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#DCC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC048

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC048	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.140 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd281',
    500: '#dcc048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc048;
$custom-light: #ebd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81017,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC048

secondary

#354794

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC048

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

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