#DCC250#DCC250

#DCC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC250
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -3.80, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 59.08, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.015 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2572, 54.3808, 15.4372)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC250 #506ADC

analogous

#DC7C50 #DCC250 #B0DC50

triadic

#DCC250 #50DCC2 #C250DC

tetradic

#DCC250 #50DC7C #506ADC #DC50B0

square

#DCC250 #50DC7C #506ADC #DC50B0

split-complementary

#DCC250 #50B0DC #7C50DC

monochromatic

#947E1E #C7A928 #DCC250 #E6D483 #F0E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DCC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC250

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC250	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead486',
    500: '#dcc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc250;
$custom-light: #ead486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81498,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC250

secondary

#384A99

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC250

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

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