#DCC053#DCC053

#DCC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.131 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC053
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -2.57, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 57.17, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0111 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.131 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9284, 53.5419, 15.8867)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC053 #536FDC

analogous

#DC7C53 #DCC053 #B4DC53

triadic

#DCC053 #53DCC0 #C053DC

tetradic

#DCC053 #53DC7C #536FDC #DC53B4

square

#DCC053 #53DC7C #536FDC #DC53B4

split-complementary

#DCC053 #53B4DC #7C53DC

monochromatic

#967E1F #C9A829 #DCC053 #E6D386 #F1E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DCC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC053

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC053	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.131 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead288',
    500: '#dcc053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc053;
$custom-light: #ead288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81119,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC053

secondary

#394D9B

accent

#62E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC053

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

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