#DCC34D#DCC34D

#DCC34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC34D
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -4.50, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 60.66, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0174 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3721, 54.7841, 14.9409)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC34D #4D66DC

analogous

#DC7B4D #DCC34D #AEDC4D

triadic

#DCC34D #4DDCC3 #C34DDC

tetradic

#DCC34D #4DDC7B #4D66DC #DC4DAE

square

#DCC34D #4DDC7B #4D66DC #DC4DAE

split-complementary

#DCC34D #4DAEDC #7B4DDC

monochromatic

#927D1D #C5A927 #DCC34D #E6D480 #F0E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DCC34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC34D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC34D	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead484',
    500: '#dcc34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc34d;
$custom-light: #ead484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81675,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC34D

secondary

#364797

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC34D

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

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