#DCC14B#DCC14B

#DCC14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC14B
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -3.58, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 60.88, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.015 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8575, 53.8661, 14.4263)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC14B #4B66DC

analogous

#DC794B #DCC14B #AEDC4B

triadic

#DCC14B #4BDCC1 #C14BDC

tetradic

#DCC14B #4BDC79 #4B66DC #DC4BAE

square

#DCC14B #4BDC79 #4B66DC #DC4BAE

split-complementary

#DCC14B #4BAEDC #794BDC

monochromatic

#917B1C #C4A626 #DCC14B #E6D37E #F0E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DCC14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC14B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC14B	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)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead383',
    500: '#dcc14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc14b;
$custom-light: #ead383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81248,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC14B

secondary

#364796

accent

#5EEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC14B

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

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