#DCC46D#DCC46D

#DCC46D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.111 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC46D
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -2.66, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 46.50, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0084 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.111 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0172, 55.8018, 22.4959)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC46D #6D85DC

analogous

#DC8D6D #DCC46D #BDDC6D

triadic

#DCC46D #6DDCC4 #C46DDC

tetradic

#DCC46D #6DDC8D #6D85DC #DC6DBD

square

#DCC46D #6DDC8D #6D85DC #DC6DBD

split-complementary

#DCC46D #6DBDDC #8D6DDC

monochromatic

#A78B28 #D0B03C #DCC46D #E8D89E #F4ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DCC46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC46D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC46D	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)

#D4C166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.111 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d599',
    500: '#dcc46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc46d;
$custom-light: #e9d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82242,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC46D

secondary

#445AAA

accent

#42C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC46D

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

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