#DCC549#DCC549

#DCC549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC549
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -5.76, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 62.93, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0214 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.143 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6863, 55.6316, 14.3702)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC549 #4960DC

analogous

#DC7B49 #DCC549 #AADC49

triadic

#DCC549 #49DCC5 #C549DC

tetradic

#DCC549 #49DC7B #4960DC #DC49AA

square

#DCC549 #49DC7B #4960DC #DC49AA

split-complementary

#DCC549 #49AADC #7B49DC

monochromatic

#8F7D1C #C2AA25 #DCC549 #E6D57C #F0E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DCC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC549

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC549	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead682',
    500: '#dcc549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc549;
$custom-light: #ead682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8205,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC549

secondary

#354494

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC549

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

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