#DCC548#DCC548

#DCC548 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC548
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -5.81, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 63.33, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0217 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6534, 55.6184, 14.1970)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC548 #485FDC

analogous

#DC7B48 #DCC548 #A9DC48

triadic

#DCC548 #48DCC5 #C548DC

tetradic

#DCC548 #48DC7B #485FDC #DC48A9

square

#DCC548 #48DC7B #485FDC #DC48A9

split-complementary

#DCC548 #48A9DC #7B48DC

monochromatic

#8E7C1B #C2A925 #DCC548 #E6D57B #F0E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DCC548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC548

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC548	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead681',
    500: '#dcc548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc548;
$custom-light: #ead681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82042,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC548

secondary

#354394

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC548

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

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