#DCC35D#DCC35D

#DCC35D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.125 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC35D
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -3.43, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 53.66, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0124 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.125 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0081, 55.0385, 18.2905)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC35D #5D76DC

analogous

#DC845D #DCC35D #B6DC5D

triadic

#DCC35D #5DDCC3 #C35DDC

tetradic

#DCC35D #5DDC84 #5D76DC #DC5DB6

square

#DCC35D #5DDC84 #5D76DC #DC5DB6

split-complementary

#DCC35D #5DB6DC #845DDC

monochromatic

#9D8522 #CFAF2D #DCC35D #E7D68F #F2E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DCC35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC35D

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC35D	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.125 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48e',
    500: '#dcc35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc35d;
$custom-light: #ead48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81838,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC35D

secondary

#3D50A1

accent

#3CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC35D

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

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