#DCC139#DCC139

#DCC139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.150 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC139
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -4.48, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 67.78, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0195 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.15 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3262, 53.6535, 11.6281)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC139 #3954DC

analogous

#DC6F39 #DCC139 #A6DC39

triadic

#DCC139 #39DCC1 #C139DC

tetradic

#DCC139 #39DC6F #3954DC #DC39A6

square

#DCC139 #39DC6F #3954DC #DC39A6

split-complementary

#DCC139 #39A6DC #6F39DC

monochromatic

#837117 #B79E20 #DCC139 #E5D16D #EEE2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DCC139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC139

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC139	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.150 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd379',
    500: '#dcc139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc139;
$custom-light: #ebd379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.061,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81109,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC139

secondary

#2F3E8A

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC139

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

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