#DCC44C#DCC44C

#DCC44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC44C
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -5.07, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 61.39, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0191 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5619, 55.2197, 14.8313)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC44C #4C64DC

analogous

#DC7C4C #DCC44C #ACDC4C

triadic

#DCC44C #4CDCC4 #C44CDC

tetradic

#DCC44C #4CDC7C #4C64DC #DC4CAC

square

#DCC44C #4CDC7C #4C64DC #DC4CAC

split-complementary

#DCC44C #4CACDC #7C4CDC

monochromatic

#917E1C #C4AA26 #DCC44C #E6D57F #F0E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DCC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC44C

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC44C	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)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead584',
    500: '#dcc44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc44c;
$custom-light: #ead584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81871,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC44C

secondary

#364696

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC44C

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

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