#DCC452#DCC452

#DCC452 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC452
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -4.71, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 58.86, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0174 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7803, 55.3071, 15.9816)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC452 #526ADC

analogous

#DC7F52 #DCC452 #AFDC52

triadic

#DCC452 #52DCC4 #C452DC

tetradic

#DCC452 #52DC7F #526ADC #DC52AF

square

#DCC452 #52DC7F #526ADC #DC52AF

split-complementary

#DCC452 #52AFDC #7F52DC

monochromatic

#95811E #C8AC29 #DCC452 #E6D585 #F1E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DCC452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC452

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC452	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)

#D6C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead587',
    500: '#dcc452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc452;
$custom-light: #ead587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81927,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC452

secondary

#38499A

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC452

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

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