#DCC05B#DCC05B

#DCC05B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.125 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC05B
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -2.03, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 53.61, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0086 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.125 94)
XYZ	xyz(50.2553, 53.6727, 17.6083)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC05B #5B77DC

analogous

#DC7F5B #DCC05B #B7DC5B

triadic

#DCC05B #5BDCC0 #C05BDC

tetradic

#DCC05B #5BDC7F #5B77DC #DC5BB7

square

#DCC05B #5BDC7F #5B77DC #DC5BB7

split-complementary

#DCC05B #5BB7DC #7F5BDC

monochromatic

#9B8121 #CEAB2C #DCC05B #E7D38D #F2E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DCC05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC05B

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC05B	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.125 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead28d',
    500: '#dcc05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc05b;
$custom-light: #ead28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81205,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.5367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC05B

secondary

#3C519F

accent

#40CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC05B

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

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