#DCC15E#DCC15E

#DCC15E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC15E
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -2.32, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 52.56, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0091 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.123 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6076, 54.1661, 18.3769)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC15E #5E79DC

analogous

#DC825E #DCC15E #B8DC5E

triadic

#DCC15E #5EDCC1 #C15EDC

tetradic

#DCC15E #5EDC82 #5E79DC #DC5EB8

square

#DCC15E #5EDC82 #5E79DC #DC5EB8

split-complementary

#DCC15E #5EB8DC #825EDC

monochromatic

#9D8322 #D0AD2D #DCC15E #E7D490 #F2E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DCC15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC15E

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC15E	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D2BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38f',
    500: '#dcc15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc15e;
$custom-light: #ead38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81442,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC15E

secondary

#3D53A1

accent

#40CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC15E

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

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