#DCC04F#DCC04F

#DCC04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.134 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC04F
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -2.83, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 58.90, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0123 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.134 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7784, 53.4819, 15.0967)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC04F #4F6BDC

analogous

#DC794F #DCC04F #B1DC4F

triadic

#DCC04F #4FDCC0 #C04FDC

tetradic

#DCC04F #4FDC79 #4F6BDC #DC4FB1

square

#DCC04F #4FDC79 #4F6BDC #DC4FB1

split-complementary

#DCC04F #4FB1DC #794FDC

monochromatic

#937C1D #C6A727 #DCC04F #E6D282 #F0E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DCC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC04F

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC04F	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.134 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead285',
    500: '#dcc04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc04f;
$custom-light: #ead285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8108,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC04F

secondary

#374A98

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC04F

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

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