#DCC749#DCC749

#DCC749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC749
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -6.78, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 63.56, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0243 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1435, 56.5459, 14.5226)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC749 #495EDC

analogous

#DC7E49 #DCC749 #A7DC49

triadic

#DCC749 #49DCC7 #C749DC

tetradic

#DCC749 #49DC7E #495EDC #DC49A7

square

#DCC749 #49DC7E #495EDC #DC49A7

split-complementary

#DCC749 #49A7DC #7E49DC

monochromatic

#8F7F1C #C2AC25 #DCC749 #E6D77C #F0E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DCC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC749

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC749	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead782',
    500: '#dcc749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc749;
$custom-light: #ead782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82463,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC749

secondary

#354394

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC749

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

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