#DCC34F#DCC34F

#DCC34F 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	#DCC34F
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -4.38, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 59.82, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0168 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4438, 54.8128, 15.3185)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC34F #4F68DC

analogous

#DC7C4F #DCC34F #AEDC4F

triadic

#DCC34F #4FDCC3 #C34FDC

tetradic

#DCC34F #4FDC7C #4F68DC #DC4FAE

square

#DCC34F #4FDC7C #4F68DC #DC4FAE

split-complementary

#DCC34F #4FAEDC #7C4FDC

monochromatic

#937E1D #C6AA27 #DCC34F #E6D482 #F0E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DCC34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC34F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC34F	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)

#D5BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead485',
    500: '#dcc34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc34f;
$custom-light: #ead485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81693,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC34F

secondary

#374898

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC34F

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

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