#DCC479#DCC479

#DCC479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.099 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC479
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -1.53, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 40.67, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0039 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.099 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7078, 56.0781, 26.1332)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC479 #7991DC

analogous

#DC9379 #DCC479 #C2DC79

triadic

#DCC479 #79DCC4 #C479DC

tetradic

#DCC479 #79DC93 #7991DC #DC79C2

square

#DCC479 #79DC93 #7991DC #DC79C2

split-complementary

#DCC479 #79C2DC #9379DC

monochromatic

#AD8E2D #CFAF48 #DCC479 #E9D9AA #F5EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DCC479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC479

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC479	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.099 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5a1',
    500: '#dcc479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc479;
$custom-light: #e8d5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82417,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC479

secondary

#4A62B0

accent

#48C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC479

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

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