#DCC84F#DCC84F

#DCC84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC84F
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -6.95, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 61.44, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0241 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5829, 57.0910, 15.6982)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC84F #4F63DC

analogous

#DC814F #DCC84F #AADC4F

triadic

#DCC84F #4FDCC8 #C84FDC

tetradic

#DCC84F #4FDC81 #4F63DC #DC4FAA

square

#DCC84F #4FDC81 #4F63DC #DC4FAA

split-complementary

#DCC84F #4FAADC #814FDC

monochromatic

#93831D #C6B027 #DCC84F #E6D882 #F0E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DCC84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC84F

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC84F	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead886',
    500: '#dcc84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc84f;
$custom-light: #ead886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82721,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC84F

secondary

#374598

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC84F

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

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