#DCC36D#DCC36D

#DCC36D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.110 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC36D
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -2.14, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 46.16, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0069 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.11 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7924, 55.3522, 22.4209)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC36D #6D86DC

analogous

#DC8B6D #DCC36D #BEDC6D

triadic

#DCC36D #6DDCC3 #C36DDC

tetradic

#DCC36D #6DDC8B #6D86DC #DC6DBE

square

#DCC36D #6DDC8B #6D86DC #DC6DBE

split-complementary

#DCC36D #6DBEDC #8B6DDC

monochromatic

#A78A28 #D0AF3C #DCC36D #E8D79E #F4ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DCC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC36D

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC36D	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.110 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d499',
    500: '#dcc36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc36d;
$custom-light: #e9d499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.486,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82039,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC36D

secondary

#445BAA

accent

#43C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC36D

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

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