#DCCA4E#DCCA4E

#DCCA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA4E
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -8.03, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 62.52, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0273 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(52.0130, 58.0090, 15.6633)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA4E #4E60DC

analogous

#DC834E #DCCA4E #A7DC4E

triadic

#DCCA4E #4EDCCA #CA4EDC

tetradic

#DCCA4E #4EDC83 #4E60DC #DC4EA7

square

#DCCA4E #4EDC83 #4E60DC #DC4EA7

split-complementary

#DCCA4E #4EA7DC #834EDC

monochromatic

#93841D #C6B227 #DCCA4E #E6D981 #F0E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCCA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DCCA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA4E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA4E	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead985',
    500: '#dcca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca4e;
$custom-light: #ead985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83126,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.58007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA4E

secondary

#374397

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA4E

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

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