#DCC449#DCC449

#DCC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC449
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -5.24, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 62.61, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.02 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4600, 55.1790, 14.2947)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC449 #4961DC

analogous

#DC7A49 #DCC449 #ABDC49

triadic

#DCC449 #49DCC4 #C449DC

tetradic

#DCC449 #49DC7A #4961DC #DC49AB

square

#DCC449 #49DC7A #4961DC #DC49AB

split-complementary

#DCC449 #49ABDC #7A49DC

monochromatic

#8F7C1C #C2A925 #DCC449 #E6D57C #F0E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DCC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC449

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC449	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead582',
    500: '#dcc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc449;
$custom-light: #ead582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81845,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC449

secondary

#354494

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC449

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

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