#DCC94D#DCC94D

#DCC94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC94D
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -7.58, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 62.60, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0262 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7436, 57.5270, 15.3980)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC94D #4D60DC

analogous

#DC814D #DCC94D #A7DC4D

triadic

#DCC94D #4DDCC9 #C94DDC

tetradic

#DCC94D #4DDC81 #4D60DC #DC4DA7

square

#DCC94D #4DDC81 #4D60DC #DC4DA7

split-complementary

#DCC94D #4DA7DC #814DDC

monochromatic

#92821D #C5B027 #DCC94D #E6D980 #F0E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DCC94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC94D

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC94D	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead985',
    500: '#dcc94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc94d;
$custom-light: #ead985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8291,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC94D

secondary

#364397

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC94D

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

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