#DCC34E#DCC34E

#DCC34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC34E
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -4.44, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 60.24, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0171 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4077, 54.7983, 15.1282)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC34E #4E67DC

analogous

#DC7C4E #DCC34E #AEDC4E

triadic

#DCC34E #4EDCC3 #C34EDC

tetradic

#DCC34E #4EDC7C #4E67DC #DC4EAE

square

#DCC34E #4EDC7C #4E67DC #DC4EAE

split-complementary

#DCC34E #4EAEDC #7C4EDC

monochromatic

#937E1D #C6AA27 #DCC34E #E6D481 #F0E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DCC34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC34E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC34E	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)

#D5BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead485',
    500: '#dcc34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc34e;
$custom-light: #ead485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81684,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC34E

secondary

#374897

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC34E

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

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