#DCC04A#DCC04A

#DCC04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC04A
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -3.12, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 60.99, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0138 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6032, 53.4119, 14.1740)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC04A #4A66DC

analogous

#DC774A #DCC04A #AFDC4A

triadic

#DCC04A #4ADCC0 #C04ADC

tetradic

#DCC04A #4ADC77 #4A66DC #DC4AAF

square

#DCC04A #4ADC77 #4A66DC #DC4AAF

split-complementary

#DCC04A #4AAFDC #774ADC

monochromatic

#907A1C #C3A526 #DCC04A #E6D27D #F0E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#DCC04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC04A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC04A	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)

#D3BC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead282',
    500: '#dcc04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc04a;
$custom-light: #ead282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81034,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC04A

secondary

#354895

accent

#5FEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC04A

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

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