#DCC45A#DCC45A

#DCC45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC45A
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -4.17, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 55.34, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0149 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.128 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1027, 55.4360, 17.6793)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC45A #5A72DC

analogous

#DC835A #DCC45A #B3DC5A

triadic

#DCC45A #5ADCC4 #C45ADC

tetradic

#DCC45A #5ADC83 #5A72DC #DC5AB3

square

#DCC45A #5ADC83 #5A72DC #DC5AB3

split-complementary

#DCC45A #5AB3DC #835ADC

monochromatic

#9B8421 #CDAF2C #DCC45A #E7D68C #F1E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DCC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC45A

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC45A	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58c',
    500: '#dcc45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc45a;
$custom-light: #ead58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC45A

secondary

#3B4E9F

accent

#3ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC45A

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

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