#DCC249#DCC249

#DCC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC249
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -4.21, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 62.00, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.017 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.14 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.0119, 54.2827, 14.1454)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC249 #4963DC

analogous

#DC7949 #DCC249 #ACDC49

triadic

#DCC249 #49DCC2 #C249DC

tetradic

#DCC249 #49DC79 #4963DC #DC49AC

square

#DCC249 #49DC79 #4963DC #DC49AC

split-complementary

#DCC249 #49ACDC #7949DC

monochromatic

#8F7B1C #C2A725 #DCC249 #E6D37C #F0E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DCC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC249

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC249	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead482',
    500: '#dcc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc249;
$custom-light: #ead482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81435,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.5428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC249

secondary

#354694

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC249

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

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