#DCC273#DCC273

#DCC273 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.103 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC273
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -1.07, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 42.93, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0032 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.103 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9032, 55.0392, 24.1060)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC273 #738DDC

analogous

#DC8D73 #DCC273 #C1DC73

triadic

#DCC273 #73DCC2 #C273DC

tetradic

#DCC273 #73DC8D #738DDC #DC73C1

square

#DCC273 #73DC8D #738DDC #DC73C1

split-complementary

#DCC273 #73C1DC #8D73DC

monochromatic

#AA8A2B #D0AD42 #DCC273 #E8D7A4 #F4EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DCC273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC273

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC273	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.103 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d49d',
    500: '#dcc273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc273;
$custom-light: #e9d49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81922,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC273

secondary

#4760AD

accent

#48C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC273

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

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