#DCC252#DCC252

#DCC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC252
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -3.67, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 58.22, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0144 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3322, 54.4108, 15.8322)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC252 #526CDC

analogous

#DC7D52 #DCC252 #B1DC52

triadic

#DCC252 #52DCC2 #C252DC

tetradic

#DCC252 #52DC7D #526CDC #DC52B1

square

#DCC252 #52DC7D #526CDC #DC52B1

split-complementary

#DCC252 #52B1DC #7D52DC

monochromatic

#957F1E #C8AA29 #DCC252 #E6D485 #F1E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DCC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC252

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC252	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)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead487',
    500: '#dcc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc252;
$custom-light: #ead487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81517,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC252

secondary

#384B9A

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC252

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

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