#DCC35B#DCC35B

#DCC35B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC35B
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -3.58, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 54.57, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0131 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9207, 55.0035, 17.8301)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC35B #5B74DC

analogous

#DC825B #DCC35B #B4DC5B

triadic

#DCC35B #5BDCC3 #C35BDC

tetradic

#DCC35B #5BDC82 #5B74DC #DC5BB4

square

#DCC35B #5BDC82 #5B74DC #DC5BB4

split-complementary

#DCC35B #5BB4DC #825BDC

monochromatic

#9B8421 #CEAE2C #DCC35B #E7D58D #F2E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DCC35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC35B

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC35B	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)

#D5BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48d',
    500: '#dcc35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc35b;
$custom-light: #ead48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81816,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC35B

secondary

#3C4F9F

accent

#3CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC35B

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

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