#DCC15D#DCC15D

#DCC15D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.124 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC15D
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -2.40, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 53.01, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0095 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.124 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5630, 54.1483, 18.1421)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC15D #5D78DC

analogous

#DC825D #DCC15D #B8DC5D

triadic

#DCC15D #5DDCC1 #C15DDC

tetradic

#DCC15D #5DDC82 #5D78DC #DC5DB8

square

#DCC15D #5DDC82 #5D78DC #DC5DB8

split-complementary

#DCC15D #5DB8DC #825DDC

monochromatic

#9D8322 #CFAD2D #DCC15D #E7D48F #F2E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DCC15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC15D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC15D	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.124 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38e',
    500: '#dcc15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc15d;
$custom-light: #ead38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC15D

secondary

#3D52A1

accent

#3FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC15D

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

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