#DCC258#DCC258

#DCC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC258
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -3.27, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 55.59, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0126 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5706, 54.5062, 17.0876)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC258 #5872DC

analogous

#DC8058 #DCC258 #B4DC58

triadic

#DCC258 #58DCC2 #C258DC

tetradic

#DCC258 #58DC80 #5872DC #DC58B4

square

#DCC258 #58DC80 #5872DC #DC58B4

split-complementary

#DCC258 #58B4DC #8058DC

monochromatic

#998220 #CCAC2B #DCC258 #E7D48B #F1E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DCC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC258

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC258	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48b',
    500: '#dcc258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc258;
$custom-light: #ead48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81579,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC258

secondary

#3B4E9E

accent

#3CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC258

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

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