#DCC45B#DCC45B

#DCC45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC45B
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -4.10, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 54.89, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0146 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1455, 55.4531, 17.9050)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC45B #5B73DC

analogous

#DC835B #DCC45B #B3DC5B

triadic

#DCC45B #5BDCC4 #C45BDC

tetradic

#DCC45B #5BDC83 #5B73DC #DC5BB3

square

#DCC45B #5BDC83 #5B73DC #DC5BB3

split-complementary

#DCC45B #5BB3DC #835BDC

monochromatic

#9B8521 #CEB02C #DCC45B #E7D68D #F2E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DCC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC45B

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC45B	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)

#D5C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58d',
    500: '#dcc45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc45b;
$custom-light: #ead58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8202,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC45B

secondary

#3C4E9F

accent

#3ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC45B

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

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