#DCC64E#DCC64E

#DCC64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC64E
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -5.98, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 61.20, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0215 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.14 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0866, 56.1562, 15.3546)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC64E #4E64DC

analogous

#DC7F4E #DCC64E #ABDC4E

triadic

#DCC64E #4EDCC6 #C64EDC

tetradic

#DCC64E #4EDC7F #4E64DC #DC4EAB

square

#DCC64E #4EDC7F #4E64DC #DC4EAB

split-complementary

#DCC64E #4EABDC #7F4EDC

monochromatic

#93801D #C6AD27 #DCC64E #E6D681 #F0E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DCC64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC64E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC64E	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead785',
    500: '#dcc64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc64e;
$custom-light: #ead785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.823,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC64E

secondary

#374697

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC64E

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

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