#DCC15F#DCC15F

#DCC15F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC15F
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -2.25, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 52.10, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0088 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.122 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6528, 54.1842, 18.6148)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC15F #5F7ADC

analogous

#DC835F #DCC15F #B9DC5F

triadic

#DCC15F #5FDCC1 #C15FDC

tetradic

#DCC15F #5FDC83 #5F7ADC #DC5FB9

square

#DCC15F #5FDC83 #5F7ADC #DC5FB9

split-complementary

#DCC15F #5FB9DC #835FDC

monochromatic

#9E8323 #D0AD2E #DCC15F #E7D491 #F2E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DCC15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC15F

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC15F	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38f',
    500: '#dcc15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc15f;
$custom-light: #ead38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81454,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC15F

secondary

#3E53A2

accent

#40CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC15F

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

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