#DCC34C#DCC34C

#DCC34C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC34C
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -4.56, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 61.07, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0177 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3371, 54.7701, 14.7563)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC34C #4C65DC

analogous

#DC7B4C #DCC34C #ADDC4C

triadic

#DCC34C #4CDCC3 #C34CDC

tetradic

#DCC34C #4CDC7B #4C65DC #DC4CAD

square

#DCC34C #4CDC7B #4C65DC #DC4CAD

split-complementary

#DCC34C #4CADDC #7B4CDC

monochromatic

#917D1C #C4A926 #DCC34C #E6D47F #F0E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC34C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DCC34C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC34C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC34C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC34C	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc34c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead484',
    500: '#dcc34c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc34c;
$custom-light: #ead484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc34c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81666,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC34C

secondary

#364796

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC34C

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

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