#DCC94B#DCC94B

#DCC94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.144 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC94B
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -7.69, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 63.41, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0267 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.144 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6740, 57.4992, 15.0318)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC94B #4B5EDC

analogous

#DC804B #DCC94B #A6DC4B

triadic

#DCC94B #4BDCC9 #C94BDC

tetradic

#DCC94B #4BDC80 #4B5EDC #DC4BA6

square

#DCC94B #4BDC80 #4B5EDC #DC4BA6

split-complementary

#DCC94B #4BA6DC #804BDC

monochromatic

#91811C #C4AF26 #DCC94B #E6D87E #F0E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DCC94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC94B

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC94B	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.144 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead983',
    500: '#dcc94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc94b;
$custom-light: #ead983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.138,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82893,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC94B

secondary

#364296

accent

#54EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC94B

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

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