#DCC84D#DCC84D

#DCC84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC84D
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -7.06, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 62.27, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0247 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(51.5112, 57.0623, 15.3206)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC84D #4D61DC

analogous

#DC804D #DCC84D #A9DC4D

triadic

#DCC84D #4DDCC8 #C84DDC

tetradic

#DCC84D #4DDC80 #4D61DC #DC4DA9

square

#DCC84D #4DDC80 #4D61DC #DC4DA9

split-complementary

#DCC84D #4DA9DC #804DDC

monochromatic

#92821D #C5AF27 #DCC84D #E6D880 #F0E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DCC84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC84D

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC84D	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead885',
    500: '#dcc84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc84d;
$custom-light: #ead885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82703,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.5706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC84D

secondary

#364497

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC84D

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

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