#DCCA49#DCCA49

#DCCA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA49
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -8.31, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 64.54, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0287 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8405, 57.9400, 14.7549)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA49 #495BDC

analogous

#DC8049 #DCCA49 #A5DC49

triadic

#DCCA49 #49DCCA #CA49DC

tetradic

#DCCA49 #49DC80 #495BDC #DC49A5

square

#DCCA49 #49DC80 #495BDC #DC49A5

split-complementary

#DCCA49 #49A5DC #8049DC

monochromatic

#8F811C #C2AF25 #DCCA49 #E6D97C #F0E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCCA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DCCA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA49

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA49	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead982',
    500: '#dcca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca49;
$custom-light: #ead982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83083,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA49

secondary

#354194

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA49

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

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