#DCC36E#DCC36E

#DCC36E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.109 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC36E
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -2.05, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 45.68, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0065 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.109 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8465, 55.3739, 22.7061)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC36E #6E87DC

analogous

#DC8C6E #DCC36E #BEDC6E

triadic

#DCC36E #6EDCC3 #C36EDC

tetradic

#DCC36E #6EDC8C #6E87DC #DC6EBE

square

#DCC36E #6EDC8C #6E87DC #DC6EBE

split-complementary

#DCC36E #6EBEDC #8C6EDC

monochromatic

#A78A28 #D0AF3D #DCC36E #E8D79F #F4ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DCC36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC36E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC36E	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)

#D3C067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.109 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d499',
    500: '#dcc36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc36e;
$custom-light: #e9d499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82053,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC36E

secondary

#445BAA

accent

#44C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC36E

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

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