#DCC948#DCC948

#DCC948 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.147 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC948
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -7.86, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 64.61, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0275 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.147 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5738, 57.4591, 14.5037)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC948 #485BDC

analogous

#DC7F48 #DCC948 #A5DC48

triadic

#DCC948 #48DCC9 #C948DC

tetradic

#DCC948 #48DC7F #485BDC #DC48A5

square

#DCC948 #48DC7F #485BDC #DC48A5

split-complementary

#DCC948 #48A5DC #7F48DC

monochromatic

#8E801B #C2AE25 #DCC948 #E6D87B #F0E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DCC948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC948

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC948	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.147 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead982',
    500: '#dcc948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc948;
$custom-light: #ead982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.297,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82868,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC948

secondary

#354194

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC948

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

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