#DCC35A#DCC35A

#DCC35A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC35A
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -3.65, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 55.02, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0134 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(50.8779, 54.9864, 17.6044)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC35A #5A73DC

analogous

#DC825A #DCC35A #B4DC5A

triadic

#DCC35A #5ADCC3 #C35ADC

tetradic

#DCC35A #5ADC82 #5A73DC #DC5AB4

square

#DCC35A #5ADC82 #5A73DC #DC5AB4

split-complementary

#DCC35A #5AB4DC #825ADC

monochromatic

#9B8321 #CDAE2C #DCC35A #E7D58C #F1E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DCC35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC35A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC35A	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48c',
    500: '#dcc35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc35a;
$custom-light: #ead48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81805,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.54984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC35A

secondary

#3B4F9F

accent

#3BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC35A

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

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