#DCC648#DCC648

#DCC648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC648
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -6.33, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 63.64, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0232 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8813, 56.0740, 14.2729)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC648 #485EDC

analogous

#DC7C48 #DCC648 #A8DC48

triadic

#DCC648 #48DCC6 #C648DC

tetradic

#DCC648 #48DC7C #485EDC #DC48A8

square

#DCC648 #48DC7C #485EDC #DC48A8

split-complementary

#DCC648 #48A8DC #7C48DC

monochromatic

#8E7D1B #C2AA25 #DCC648 #E6D67B #F0E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DCC648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC648

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC648	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)

#D8C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead681',
    500: '#dcc648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc648;
$custom-light: #ead681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82248,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC648

secondary

#354394

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC648

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

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