#DCC44F#DCC44F

#DCC44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC44F
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -4.89, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 60.13, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0183 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6686, 55.2624, 15.3934)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC44F #4F67DC

analogous

#DC7D4F #DCC44F #ADDC4F

triadic

#DCC44F #4FDCC4 #C44FDC

tetradic

#DCC44F #4FDC7D #4F67DC #DC4FAD

square

#DCC44F #4FDC7D #4F67DC #DC4FAD

split-complementary

#DCC44F #4FADDC #7D4FDC

monochromatic

#937F1D #C6AB27 #DCC44F #E6D582 #F0E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DCC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC44F

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC44F	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)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead585',
    500: '#dcc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc44f;
$custom-light: #ead585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81898,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC44F

secondary

#374898

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC44F

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

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