#DCC245#DCC245

#DCC245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC245
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -4.43, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 63.60, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0181 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.143 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8835, 54.2314, 13.4693)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC245 #455FDC

analogous

#DC7745 #DCC245 #ABDC45

triadic

#DCC245 #45DCC2 #C245DC

tetradic

#DCC245 #45DC77 #455FDC #DC45AB

square

#DCC245 #45DC77 #455FDC #DC45AB

split-complementary

#DCC245 #45ABDC #7745DC

monochromatic

#8C791A #C0A524 #DCC245 #E6D379 #EFE4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DCC245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC245

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC245	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd47f',
    500: '#dcc245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc245;
$custom-light: #ebd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81401,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC245

secondary

#334492

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC245

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

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