#DCC949#DCC949

#DCC949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.146 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC949
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -7.80, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 64.21, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0273 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.146 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6067, 57.4722, 14.6770)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC949 #495CDC

analogous

#DC8049 #DCC949 #A5DC49

triadic

#DCC949 #49DCC9 #C949DC

tetradic

#DCC949 #49DC80 #495CDC #DC49A5

square

#DCC949 #49DC80 #495CDC #DC49A5

split-complementary

#DCC949 #49A5DC #8049DC

monochromatic

#8F801C #C2AE25 #DCC949 #E6D87C #F0E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DCC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC949

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC949	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)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.146 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead982',
    500: '#dcc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc949;
$custom-light: #ead982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82876,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC949

secondary

#354194

accent

#54EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC949

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

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