#DCC149#DCC149

#DCC149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC149
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -3.70, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 61.70, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0155 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.14 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7901, 53.8391, 14.0714)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC149 #4964DC

analogous

#DC7849 #DCC149 #ADDC49

triadic

#DCC149 #49DCC1 #C149DC

tetradic

#DCC149 #49DC78 #4964DC #DC49AD

square

#DCC149 #49DC78 #4964DC #DC49AD

split-complementary

#DCC149 #49ADDC #7849DC

monochromatic

#8F7A1C #C2A625 #DCC149 #E6D27C #F0E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DCC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC149

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC149	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead382',
    500: '#dcc149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc149;
$custom-light: #ead382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC149

secondary

#354694

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC149

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

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