#DCC46E#DCC46E

#DCC46E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.110 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC46E
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -2.57, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 46.02, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.008 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.11 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0713, 55.8235, 22.7810)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC46E #6E86DC

analogous

#DC8D6E #DCC46E #BDDC6E

triadic

#DCC46E #6EDCC4 #C46EDC

tetradic

#DCC46E #6EDC8D #6E86DC #DC6EBD

square

#DCC46E #6EDC8D #6E86DC #DC6EBD

split-complementary

#DCC46E #6EBDDC #8D6EDC

monochromatic

#A78C28 #D0B03D #DCC46E #E8D89F #F4ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC46E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DCC46E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC46E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC46E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC46E	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)

#D4C167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc46e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.110 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d599',
    500: '#dcc46e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc46e;
$custom-light: #e9d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc46e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82256,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC46E

secondary

#445AAA

accent

#42C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC46E

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

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