#DCC36F#DCC36F

#DCC36F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.108 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC36F
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 111)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -1.96, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 45.20, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0062 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.108 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9013, 55.3958, 22.9944)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC36F #6F88DC

analogous

#DC8D6F #DCC36F #BEDC6F

triadic

#DCC36F #6FDCC3 #C36FDC

tetradic

#DCC36F #6FDC8D #6F88DC #DC6FBE

square

#DCC36F #6FDC8D #6F88DC #DC6FBE

split-complementary

#DCC36F #6FBEDC #8D6FDC

monochromatic

#A88B29 #D0AE3E #DCC36F #E8D8A0 #F4ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DCC36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC36F

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC36F	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.108 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d49a',
    500: '#dcc36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc36f;
$custom-light: #e9d49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82067,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC36F

secondary

#455CAB

accent

#44C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC36F

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

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