#DCC15A#DCC15A

#DCC15A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.126 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC15A
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -2.62, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 54.38, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0104 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.126 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4328, 54.0962, 17.4560)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC15A #5A75DC

analogous

#DC805A #DCC15A #B6DC5A

triadic

#DCC15A #5ADCC1 #C15ADC

tetradic

#DCC15A #5ADC80 #5A75DC #DC5AB6

square

#DCC15A #5ADC80 #5A75DC #DC5AB6

split-complementary

#DCC15A #5AB6DC #805ADC

monochromatic

#9B8121 #CDAC2C #DCC15A #E7D48C #F1E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DCC15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC15A

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC15A	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.126 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38c',
    500: '#dcc15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc15a;
$custom-light: #ead38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC15A

secondary

#3B509F

accent

#3ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC15A

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

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