#DCC448#DCC448

#DCC448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC448
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -5.30, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 63.02, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0202 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4271, 55.1658, 14.1215)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC448 #4860DC

analogous

#DC7A48 #DCC448 #AADC48

triadic

#DCC448 #48DCC4 #C448DC

tetradic

#DCC448 #48DC7A #4860DC #DC48AA

square

#DCC448 #48DC7A #4860DC #DC48AA

split-complementary

#DCC448 #48AADC #7A48DC

monochromatic

#8E7C1B #C2A825 #DCC448 #E6D57B #F0E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DCC448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC448

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC448	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead581',
    500: '#dcc448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc448;
$custom-light: #ead581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81836,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC448

secondary

#354494

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC448

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

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