#DCC852#DCC852

#DCC852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC852
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -6.76, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 60.17, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0233 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6946, 57.1356, 16.2863)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC852 #5266DC

analogous

#DC8352 #DCC852 #ABDC52

triadic

#DCC852 #52DCC8 #C852DC

tetradic

#DCC852 #52DC83 #5266DC #DC52AB

square

#DCC852 #52DC83 #5266DC #DC52AB

split-complementary

#DCC852 #52ABDC #8352DC

monochromatic

#95841E #C8B129 #DCC852 #E6D885 #F1E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DCC852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC852

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC852	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead887',
    500: '#dcc852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc852;
$custom-light: #ead887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82749,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC852

secondary

#38469A

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC852

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

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