#DCC46A#DCC46A

#DCC46A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.114 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC46A
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -2.92, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 47.93, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0095 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.114 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8585, 55.7383, 21.6598)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC46A #6A82DC

analogous

#DC8B6A #DCC46A #BBDC6A

triadic

#DCC46A #6ADCC4 #C46ADC

tetradic

#DCC46A #6ADC8B #6A82DC #DC6ABB

square

#DCC46A #6ADC8B #6A82DC #DC6ABB

split-complementary

#DCC46A #6ABBDC #8B6ADC

monochromatic

#A58A27 #D0B038 #DCC46A #E8D89C #F3EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC46A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DCC46A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC46A

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC46A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC46A	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc46a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.114 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d597',
    500: '#dcc46a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc46a;
$custom-light: #e9d597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc46a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82202,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC46A

secondary

#4258A8

accent

#40CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC46A

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

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