#DCCC4E#DCCC4E

#DCCC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC4E
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -9.04, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 63.21, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0302 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4853, 58.9536, 15.8208)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC4E #4E5EDC

analogous

#DC854E #DCCC4E #A5DC4E

triadic

#DCCC4E #4EDCCC #CC4EDC

tetradic

#DCCC4E #4EDC85 #4E5EDC #DC4EA5

square

#DCCC4E #4EDC85 #4E5EDC #DC4EA5

split-complementary

#DCCC4E #4EA5DC #854EDC

monochromatic

#93851D #C6B427 #DCCC4E #E6DB81 #F0E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DCCC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC4E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC4E	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb85',
    500: '#dccc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc4e;
$custom-light: #eadb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8354,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC4E

secondary

#374297

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC4E

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

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