#DCC15C#DCC15C

#DCC15C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.124 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC15C
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -2.47, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 53.47, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0098 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.124 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5190, 54.1307, 17.9104)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC15C #5C77DC

analogous

#DC815C #DCC15C #B7DC5C

triadic

#DCC15C #5CDCC1 #C15CDC

tetradic

#DCC15C #5CDC81 #5C77DC #DC5CB7

square

#DCC15C #5CDC81 #5C77DC #DC5CB7

split-complementary

#DCC15C #5CB7DC #815CDC

monochromatic

#9C8222 #CEAC2C #DCC15C #E7D48E #F2E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DCC15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC15C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC15C	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.124 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38d',
    500: '#dcc15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc15c;
$custom-light: #ead38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81419,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC15C

secondary

#3C51A0

accent

#3FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC15C

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

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