#DCC14A#DCC14A

#DCC14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC14A
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -3.64, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 61.29, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0153 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8235, 53.8525, 14.2475)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC14A #4A65DC

analogous

#DC784A #DCC14A #AEDC4A

triadic

#DCC14A #4ADCC1 #C14ADC

tetradic

#DCC14A #4ADC78 #4A65DC #DC4AAE

square

#DCC14A #4ADC78 #4A65DC #DC4AAE

split-complementary

#DCC14A #4AAEDC #784ADC

monochromatic

#907A1C #C3A626 #DCC14A #E6D37D #F0E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DCC14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC14A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC14A	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead382',
    500: '#dcc14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc14a;
$custom-light: #ead382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81239,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC14A

secondary

#354795

accent

#5DEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC14A

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

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