#DCC44D#DCC44D

#DCC44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC44D
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -5.01, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 60.97, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0188 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5969, 55.2337, 15.0158)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC44D #4D65DC

analogous

#DC7C4D #DCC44D #ACDC4D

triadic

#DCC44D #4DDCC4 #C44DDC

tetradic

#DCC44D #4DDC7C #4D65DC #DC4DAC

square

#DCC44D #4DDC7C #4D65DC #DC4DAC

split-complementary

#DCC44D #4DACDC #7C4DDC

monochromatic

#927E1D #C5AA27 #DCC44D #E6D580 #F0E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DCC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC44D

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC44D	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead584',
    500: '#dcc44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc44d;
$custom-light: #ead584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8188,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC44D

secondary

#364797

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC44D

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

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