#DCC45F#DCC45F

#DCC45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.124 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC45F
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -3.80, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 53.08, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0133 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.124 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3227, 55.5240, 18.8381)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC45F #5F77DC

analogous

#DC865F #DCC45F #B6DC5F

triadic

#DCC45F #5FDCC4 #C45FDC

tetradic

#DCC45F #5FDC86 #5F77DC #DC5FB6

square

#DCC45F #5FDC86 #5F77DC #DC5FB6

split-complementary

#DCC45F #5FB6DC #865FDC

monochromatic

#9E8623 #D0B12E #DCC45F #E7D791 #F2E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DCC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC45F

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC45F	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	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)

#D5C055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.124 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58f',
    500: '#dcc45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc45f;
$custom-light: #ead58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82065,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC45F

secondary

#3E51A2

accent

#3CCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC45F

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

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