#DCC15B#DCC15B

#DCC15B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.125 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC15B
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -2.54, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 53.92, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0101 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.125 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4756, 54.1133, 17.6817)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC15B #5B76DC

analogous

#DC805B #DCC15B #B6DC5B

triadic

#DCC15B #5BDCC1 #C15BDC

tetradic

#DCC15B #5BDC80 #5B76DC #DC5BB6

square

#DCC15B #5BDC80 #5B76DC #DC5BB6

split-complementary

#DCC15B #5BB6DC #805BDC

monochromatic

#9B8221 #CEAC2C #DCC15B #E7D48D #F2E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DCC15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC15B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC15B	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)

#D3BD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.125 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38d',
    500: '#dcc15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc15b;
$custom-light: #ead38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81408,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC15B

secondary

#3C519F

accent

#3ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC15B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →