#DCC272#DCC272

#DCC272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.104 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC272
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -1.17, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 43.41, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0035 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.104 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8459, 55.0163, 23.8046)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC272 #728CDC

analogous

#DC8D72 #DCC272 #C1DC72

triadic

#DCC272 #72DCC2 #C272DC

tetradic

#DCC272 #72DC8D #728CDC #DC72C1

square

#DCC272 #72DC8D #728CDC #DC72C1

split-complementary

#DCC272 #72C1DC #8D72DC

monochromatic

#AA8A2A #D0AD41 #DCC272 #E8D7A3 #F4ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DCC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC272

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC272	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.104 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d49c',
    500: '#dcc272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc272;
$custom-light: #e9d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81907,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC272

secondary

#465FAC

accent

#47C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC272

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

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