#DCC04E#DCC04E

#DCC04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC04E
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -2.89, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 59.32, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0126 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7423, 53.4675, 14.9064)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC04E #4E6ADC

analogous

#DC794E #DCC04E #B1DC4E

triadic

#DCC04E #4EDCC0 #C04EDC

tetradic

#DCC04E #4EDC79 #4E6ADC #DC4EB1

square

#DCC04E #4EDC79 #4E6ADC #DC4EB1

split-complementary

#DCC04E #4EB1DC #794EDC

monochromatic

#937B1D #C6A627 #DCC04E #E6D281 #F0E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#DCC04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC04E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC04E	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)

#D3BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead285',
    500: '#dcc04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc04e;
$custom-light: #ead285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81071,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC04E

secondary

#374A97

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC04E

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

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