#DCC46C#DCC46C

#DCC46C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.112 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC46C
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -2.75, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 46.98, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0088 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.112 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9637, 55.7804, 22.2140)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC46C #6C84DC

analogous

#DC8C6C #DCC46C #BCDC6C

triadic

#DCC46C #6CDCC4 #C46CDC

tetradic

#DCC46C #6CDC8C #6C84DC #DC6CBC

square

#DCC46C #6CDC8C #6C84DC #DC6CBC

split-complementary

#DCC46C #6CBCDC #8C6CDC

monochromatic

#A68B28 #D0B03B #DCC46C #E8D89D #F4ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC46C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DCC46C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC46C

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC46C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC46C	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc46c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.112 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d598',
    500: '#dcc46c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc46c;
$custom-light: #e9d598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc46c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82228,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC46C

secondary

#4359A9

accent

#41C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC46C

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

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