#DCC478#DCC478

#DCC478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.100 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC478
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -1.63, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 41.16, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0043 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.1 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6468, 56.0537, 25.8119)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC478 #7890DC

analogous

#DC9278 #DCC478 #C2DC78

triadic

#DCC478 #78DCC4 #C478DC

tetradic

#DCC478 #78DC92 #7890DC #DC78C2

square

#DCC478 #78DC92 #7890DC #DC78C2

split-complementary

#DCC478 #78C2DC #9278DC

monochromatic

#AD8E2D #CFAF47 #DCC478 #E9D9A9 #F5EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DCC478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC478

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC478	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)

#D3C172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.100 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5a0',
    500: '#dcc478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc478;
$custom-light: #e9d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82402,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC478

secondary

#4962AF

accent

#47C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC478

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

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