#DCC274#DCC274

#DCC274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.102 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC274
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -0.98, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 42.44, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0028 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.102 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9610, 55.0624, 24.4107)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC274 #748EDC

analogous

#DC8E74 #DCC274 #C2DC74

triadic

#DCC274 #74DCC2 #C274DC

tetradic

#DCC274 #74DC8E #748EDC #DC74C2

square

#DCC274 #74DC8E #748EDC #DC74C2

split-complementary

#DCC274 #74C2DC #8E74DC

monochromatic

#AB8B2B #D0AD43 #DCC274 #E8D7A5 #F5EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DCC274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC274

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC274	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)

#D2BF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.102 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d49d',
    500: '#dcc274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc274;
$custom-light: #e9d49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81936,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC274

secondary

#4761AD

accent

#48C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC274

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

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