#DCC477#DCC477

#DCC477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.101 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC477
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -1.73, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 41.65, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0047 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.101 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5865, 56.0295, 25.4940)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC477 #778FDC

analogous

#DC9277 #DCC477 #C1DC77

triadic

#DCC477 #77DCC4 #C477DC

tetradic

#DCC477 #77DC92 #778FDC #DC77C1

square

#DCC477 #77DC92 #778FDC #DC77C1

split-complementary

#DCC477 #77C1DC #9277DC

monochromatic

#AC8E2C #CFAF46 #DCC477 #E9D9A8 #F5EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DCC477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC477

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC477	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.101 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59f',
    500: '#dcc477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc477;
$custom-light: #e9d59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82387,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC477

secondary

#4861AF

accent

#47C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC477

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

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