#DCC450#DCC450

#DCC450 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 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC450
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -4.83, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 59.71, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.018 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7053, 55.2771, 15.5866)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC450 #5068DC

analogous

#DC7E50 #DCC450 #AEDC50

triadic

#DCC450 #50DCC4 #C450DC

tetradic

#DCC450 #50DC7E #5068DC #DC50AE

square

#DCC450 #50DC7E #5068DC #DC50AE

split-complementary

#DCC450 #50AEDC #7E50DC

monochromatic

#94801E #C7AC28 #DCC450 #E6D583 #F0E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DCC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC450

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC450	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead586',
    500: '#dcc450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc450;
$custom-light: #ead586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC450

secondary

#384899

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC450

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

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