#DCC950#DCC950

#DCC950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC950
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -7.39, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 61.35, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0253 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8520, 57.5703, 15.9688)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC950 #5063DC

analogous

#DC8350 #DCC950 #A9DC50

triadic

#DCC950 #50DCC9 #C950DC

tetradic

#DCC950 #50DC83 #5063DC #DC50A9

square

#DCC950 #50DC83 #5063DC #DC50A9

split-complementary

#DCC950 #50A9DC #8350DC

monochromatic

#94841E #C7B128 #DCC950 #E6D983 #F0E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DCC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC950

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC950	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)

#DBC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead986',
    500: '#dcc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc950;
$custom-light: #ead986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82937,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC950

secondary

#384599

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC950

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

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