#DCC148#DCC148

#DCC148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC148
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -3.75, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 62.10, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0158 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7572, 53.8260, 13.8982)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC148 #4863DC

analogous

#DC7748 #DCC148 #ADDC48

triadic

#DCC148 #48DCC1 #C148DC

tetradic

#DCC148 #48DC77 #4863DC #DC48AD

square

#DCC148 #48DC77 #4863DC #DC48AD

split-complementary

#DCC148 #48ADDC #7748DC

monochromatic

#8E791B #C2A525 #DCC148 #E6D27B #F0E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DCC148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC148

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC148	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead381',
    500: '#dcc148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc148;
$custom-light: #ead381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC148

secondary

#354694

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC148

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

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