#DCC44A#DCC44A

#DCC44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC44A
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -5.19, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 62.21, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0197 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(50.4934, 55.1923, 14.4708)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC44A #4A62DC

analogous

#DC7B4A #DCC44A #ABDC4A

triadic

#DCC44A #4ADCC4 #C44ADC

tetradic

#DCC44A #4ADC7B #4A62DC #DC4AAB

square

#DCC44A #4ADC7B #4A62DC #DC4AAB

split-complementary

#DCC44A #4AABDC #7B4ADC

monochromatic

#907D1C #C3A926 #DCC44A #E6D57D #F0E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DCC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC44A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC44A	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)

#D7BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead582',
    500: '#dcc44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc44a;
$custom-light: #ead582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81853,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.5519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC44A

secondary

#354595

accent

#5AEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC44A

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

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