#DCC472#DCC472

#DCC472 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.106 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC472
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -2.21, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 44.09, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0066 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.106 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2941, 55.9126, 23.9540)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC472 #728ADC

analogous

#DC8F72 #DCC472 #BFDC72

triadic

#DCC472 #72DCC4 #C472DC

tetradic

#DCC472 #72DC8F #728ADC #DC72BF

square

#DCC472 #72DC8F #728ADC #DC72BF

split-complementary

#DCC472 #72BFDC #8F72DC

monochromatic

#AA8D2A #D0AF41 #DCC472 #E8D9A3 #F4EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DCC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC472

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC472	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.106 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59c',
    500: '#dcc472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc472;
$custom-light: #e9d59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82312,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC472

secondary

#465DAC

accent

#44C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC472

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

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