#DCC04D#DCC04D

#DCC04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC04D
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -2.95, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 59.74, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0129 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7067, 53.4533, 14.7191)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC04D #4D69DC

analogous

#DC784D #DCC04D #B0DC4D

triadic

#DCC04D #4DDCC0 #C04DDC

tetradic

#DCC04D #4DDC78 #4D69DC #DC4DB0

square

#DCC04D #4DDC78 #4D69DC #DC4DB0

split-complementary

#DCC04D #4DB0DC #784DDC

monochromatic

#927B1D #C5A627 #DCC04D #E6D280 #F0E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#DCC04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC04D

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC04D	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead284',
    500: '#dcc04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc04d;
$custom-light: #ead284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81062,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC04D

secondary

#364997

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC04D

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

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