#DCC14E#DCC14E

#DCC14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC14E
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -3.40, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 59.62, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0141 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(49.9626, 53.9081, 14.9799)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC14E #4E69DC

analogous

#DC7A4E #DCC14E #B0DC4E

triadic

#DCC14E #4EDCC1 #C14EDC

tetradic

#DCC14E #4EDC7A #4E69DC #DC4EB0

square

#DCC14E #4EDC7A #4E69DC #DC4EB0

split-complementary

#DCC14E #4EB0DC #7A4EDC

monochromatic

#937C1D #C6A827 #DCC14E #E6D381 #F0E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DCC14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC14E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC14E	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead385',
    500: '#dcc14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc14e;
$custom-light: #ead385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81275,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.53906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC14E

secondary

#374997

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC14E

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

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