#DCC25B#DCC25B

#DCC25B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.126 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC25B
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -3.06, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 54.24, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0116 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.126 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6974, 54.5569, 17.7556)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC25B #5B75DC

analogous

#DC815B #DCC25B #B5DC5B

triadic

#DCC25B #5BDCC2 #C25BDC

tetradic

#DCC25B #5BDC81 #5B75DC #DC5BB5

square

#DCC25B #5BDC81 #5B75DC #DC5BB5

split-complementary

#DCC25B #5BB5DC #815BDC

monochromatic

#9B8321 #CEAD2C #DCC25B #E7D58D #F2E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DCC25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC25B

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC25B	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.126 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48d',
    500: '#dcc25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc25b;
$custom-light: #ead48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81612,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC25B

secondary

#3C509F

accent

#3DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC25B

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

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