#DCC153#DCC153

#DCC153 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC153
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -3.09, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 57.48, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0126 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.132 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1487, 53.9826, 15.9601)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC153 #536EDC

analogous

#DC7D53 #DCC153 #B3DC53

triadic

#DCC153 #53DCC1 #C153DC

tetradic

#DCC153 #53DC7D #536EDC #DC53B3

square

#DCC153 #53DC7D #536EDC #DC53B3

split-complementary

#DCC153 #53B3DC #7D53DC

monochromatic

#967F1F #C9A929 #DCC153 #E6D386 #F1E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DCC153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC153

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC153	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.132 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead388',
    500: '#dcc153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc153;
$custom-light: #ead388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81323,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC153

secondary

#394C9B

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC153

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

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