#DCC049#DCC049

#DCC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC049
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -3.18, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 61.40, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0141 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5698, 53.3985, 13.9980)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC049 #4965DC

analogous

#DC7649 #DCC049 #AFDC49

triadic

#DCC049 #49DCC0 #C049DC

tetradic

#DCC049 #49DC76 #4965DC #DC49AF

square

#DCC049 #49DC76 #4965DC #DC49AF

split-complementary

#DCC049 #49AFDC #7649DC

monochromatic

#8F791C #C2A525 #DCC049 #E6D27C #F0E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#DCC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC049

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC049	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)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead282',
    500: '#dcc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc049;
$custom-light: #ead282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81026,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC049

secondary

#354794

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC049

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

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