#DCC45E#DCC45E

#DCC45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.125 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC45E
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -3.88, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 53.53, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0136 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.125 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2775, 55.5060, 18.6002)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC45E #5E76DC

analogous

#DC855E #DCC45E #B5DC5E

triadic

#DCC45E #5EDCC4 #C45EDC

tetradic

#DCC45E #5EDC85 #5E76DC #DC5EB5

square

#DCC45E #5EDC85 #5E76DC #DC5EB5

split-complementary

#DCC45E #5EB5DC #855EDC

monochromatic

#9D8622 #D0B12D #DCC45E #E7D690 #F2E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DCC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC45E

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC45E	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)

#D5C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.125 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58f',
    500: '#dcc45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc45e;
$custom-light: #ead58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82054,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC45E

secondary

#3D50A1

accent

#3BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC45E

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

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