#DCC13B#DCC13B

#DCC13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC13B
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 73.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -4.40, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 67.07, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0191 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.149 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3771, 53.6739, 11.8961)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC13B #3B56DC

analogous

#DC713B #DCC13B #A6DC3B

triadic

#DCC13B #3BDCC1 #C13BDC

tetradic

#DCC13B #3BDC71 #3B56DC #DC3BA6

square

#DCC13B #3BDC71 #3B56DC #DC3BA6

split-complementary

#DCC13B #3BA6DC #713BDC

monochromatic

#857318 #B99F21 #DCC13B #E5D16F #EFE2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DCC13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC13B

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC13B	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)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd37a',
    500: '#dcc13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc13b;
$custom-light: #ebd37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.938,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81123,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC13B

secondary

#303F8B

accent

#59ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC13B

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

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