#DCC050#DCC050

#DCC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.134 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC050
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -2.76, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 58.47, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.012 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.134 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8151, 53.4966, 15.2898)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC050 #506CDC

analogous

#DC7A50 #DCC050 #B2DC50

triadic

#DCC050 #50DCC0 #C050DC

tetradic

#DCC050 #50DC7A #506CDC #DC50B2

square

#DCC050 #50DC7A #506CDC #DC50B2

split-complementary

#DCC050 #50B2DC #7A50DC

monochromatic

#947C1E #C7A728 #DCC050 #E6D283 #F0E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DCC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC050

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC050	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)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.134 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead286',
    500: '#dcc050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc050;
$custom-light: #ead286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8109,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC050

secondary

#384B99

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC050

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

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