#DCC23A#DCC23A

#DCC23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC23A
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 73.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -4.96, 67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 67.71, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0207 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.15 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5732, 54.1072, 11.8347)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC23A #3A54DC

analogous

#DC713A #DCC23A #A5DC3A

triadic

#DCC23A #3ADCC2 #C23ADC

tetradic

#DCC23A #3ADC71 #3A54DC #DC3AA5

square

#DCC23A #3ADC71 #3A54DC #DC3AA5

split-complementary

#DCC23A #3AA5DC #713ADC

monochromatic

#847317 #B8A021 #DCC23A #E5D26E #EEE2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DCC23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC23A

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC23A	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd47a',
    500: '#dcc23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc23a;
$custom-light: #ebd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 69.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC23A

secondary

#303E8B

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC23A

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

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