#DCC64F#DCC64F

#DCC64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC64F
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -5.92, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 60.78, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0212 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1228, 56.1706, 15.5448)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC64F #4F65DC

analogous

#DC7F4F #DCC64F #ABDC4F

triadic

#DCC64F #4FDCC6 #C64FDC

tetradic

#DCC64F #4FDC7F #4F65DC #DC4FAB

square

#DCC64F #4FDC7F #4F65DC #DC4FAB

split-complementary

#DCC64F #4FABDC #7F4FDC

monochromatic

#93811D #C6AE27 #DCC64F #E6D782 #F0E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DCC64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC64F

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC64F	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)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead786',
    500: '#dcc64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc64f;
$custom-light: #ead786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82309,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC64F

secondary

#374698

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC64F

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

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