#DCC848#DCC848

#DCC848 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC848
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -7.35, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 64.28, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0261 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3414, 56.9944, 14.4263)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC848 #485CDC

analogous

#DC7E48 #DCC848 #A6DC48

triadic

#DCC848 #48DCC8 #C848DC

tetradic

#DCC848 #48DC7E #485CDC #DC48A6

square

#DCC848 #48DC7E #485CDC #DC48A6

split-complementary

#DCC848 #48A6DC #7E48DC

monochromatic

#8E7F1B #C2AD25 #DCC848 #E6D77B #F0E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DCC848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC848

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC848	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead882',
    500: '#dcc848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc848;
$custom-light: #ead882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82661,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC848

secondary

#354194

accent

#55EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC848

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

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