#DCC45C#DCC45C

#DCC45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.127 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC45C
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -4.02, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 54.44, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0143 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.127 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1889, 55.4705, 18.1337)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC45C #5C74DC

analogous

#DC845C #DCC45C #B4DC5C

triadic

#DCC45C #5CDCC4 #C45CDC

tetradic

#DCC45C #5CDC84 #5C74DC #DC5CB4

square

#DCC45C #5CDC84 #5C74DC #DC5CB4

split-complementary

#DCC45C #5CB4DC #845CDC

monochromatic

#9C8522 #CEB02C #DCC45C #E7D68E #F2E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DCC45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC45C

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC45C	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)

#D5C051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.127 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58d',
    500: '#dcc45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc45c;
$custom-light: #ead58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82031,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC45C

secondary

#3C4FA0

accent

#3BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC45C

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

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