#DCC44E#DCC44E

#DCC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC44E
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -4.95, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 60.55, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0186 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6325, 55.2479, 15.2032)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC44E #4E66DC

analogous

#DC7D4E #DCC44E #ADDC4E

triadic

#DCC44E #4EDCC4 #C44EDC

tetradic

#DCC44E #4EDC7D #4E66DC #DC4EAD

square

#DCC44E #4EDC7D #4E66DC #DC4EAD

split-complementary

#DCC44E #4EADDC #7D4EDC

monochromatic

#937F1D #C6AB27 #DCC44E #E6D581 #F0E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DCC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC44E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC44E	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)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead585',
    500: '#dcc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc44e;
$custom-light: #ead585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81889,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC44E

secondary

#374797

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC44E

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

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