#DCC46F#DCC46F

#DCC46F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.109 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC46F
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 111)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -2.48, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 45.54, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0077 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.109 94)
XYZ	xyz(52.1261, 55.8454, 23.0694)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC46F #6F87DC

analogous

#DC8E6F #DCC46F #BEDC6F

triadic

#DCC46F #6FDCC4 #C46FDC

tetradic

#DCC46F #6FDC8E #6F87DC #DC6FBE

square

#DCC46F #6FDC8E #6F87DC #DC6FBE

split-complementary

#DCC46F #6FBEDC #8E6FDC

monochromatic

#A88C29 #D0B03E #DCC46F #E8D8A0 #F4ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DCC46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC46F

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC46F	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.109 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59a',
    500: '#dcc46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc46f;
$custom-light: #e9d59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8227,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.55843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC46F

secondary

#455BAB

accent

#43C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC46F

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

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