#DCC45D#DCC45D

#DCC45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.126 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC45D
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -3.95, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 53.99, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0139 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.126 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2329, 55.4881, 18.3654)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC45D #5D75DC

analogous

#DC855D #DCC45D #B5DC5D

triadic

#DCC45D #5DDCC4 #C45DDC

tetradic

#DCC45D #5DDC85 #5D75DC #DC5DB5

square

#DCC45D #5DDC85 #5D75DC #DC5DB5

split-complementary

#DCC45D #5DB5DC #855DDC

monochromatic

#9D8622 #CFB02D #DCC45D #E7D68F #F2E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DCC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC45D

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC45D	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.126 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58e',
    500: '#dcc45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc45d;
$custom-light: #ead58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82042,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC45D

secondary

#3D50A1

accent

#3BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC45D

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

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