#DCCC49#DCCC49

#DCCC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.148 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC49
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -9.33, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 65.21, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0316 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.148 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3128, 58.8846, 14.9123)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC49 #4959DC

analogous

#DC8249 #DCCC49 #A3DC49

triadic

#DCCC49 #49DCCC #CC49DC

tetradic

#DCCC49 #49DC82 #4959DC #DC49A3

square

#DCCC49 #49DC82 #4959DC #DC49A3

split-complementary

#DCCC49 #49A3DC #8249DC

monochromatic

#8F831C #C2B125 #DCCC49 #E6DA7C #F0E9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DCCC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC49

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC49	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.148 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb83',
    500: '#dccc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc49;
$custom-light: #eadb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.469,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83498,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC49

secondary

#353F94

accent

#50EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC49

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

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