#DCC248#DCC248

#DCC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC248
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -4.27, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 62.40, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0173 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(49.9790, 54.2696, 13.9722)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC248 #4862DC

analogous

#DC7848 #DCC248 #ACDC48

triadic

#DCC248 #48DCC2 #C248DC

tetradic

#DCC248 #48DC78 #4862DC #DC48AC

square

#DCC248 #48DC78 #4862DC #DC48AC

split-complementary

#DCC248 #48ACDC #7848DC

monochromatic

#8E7A1B #C2A625 #DCC248 #E6D37B #F0E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DCC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC248

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC248	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)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead481',
    500: '#dcc248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc248;
$custom-light: #ead481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81426,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.54267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC248

secondary

#354594

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC248

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

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