#DCC649#DCC649

#DCC649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC649
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -6.27, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 63.24, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0229 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9142, 56.0872, 14.4461)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC649 #495FDC

analogous

#DC7C49 #DCC649 #A9DC49

triadic

#DCC649 #49DCC6 #C649DC

tetradic

#DCC649 #49DC7C #495FDC #DC49A9

square

#DCC649 #49DC7C #495FDC #DC49A9

split-complementary

#DCC649 #49A9DC #7C49DC

monochromatic

#8F7E1C #C2AB25 #DCC649 #E6D67C #F0E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DCC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC649

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC649	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)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead682',
    500: '#dcc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc649;
$custom-light: #ead682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82256,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC649

secondary

#354394

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC649

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

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