#DCC14F#DCC14F

#DCC14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC14F
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -3.34, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 59.20, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0138 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9987, 53.9226, 15.1701)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC14F #4F6ADC

analogous

#DC7A4F #DCC14F #B0DC4F

triadic

#DCC14F #4FDCC1 #C14FDC

tetradic

#DCC14F #4FDC7A #4F6ADC #DC4FB0

square

#DCC14F #4FDC7A #4F6ADC #DC4FB0

split-complementary

#DCC14F #4FB0DC #7A4FDC

monochromatic

#937D1D #C6A827 #DCC14F #E6D382 #F0E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DCC14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC14F

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC14F	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)

#D3BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead385',
    500: '#dcc14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc14f;
$custom-light: #ead385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81284,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC14F

secondary

#374A98

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC14F

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

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