#DCC23C#DCC23C

#DCC23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.149 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC23C
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -4.87, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 66.99, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0203 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.149 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6251, 54.1280, 12.1079)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC23C #3C56DC

analogous

#DC723C #DCC23C #A6DC3C

triadic

#DCC23C #3CDCC2 #C23CDC

tetradic

#DCC23C #3CDC72 #3C56DC #DC3CA6

square

#DCC23C #3CDC72 #3C56DC #DC3CA6

split-complementary

#DCC23C #3CA6DC #723CDC

monochromatic

#867418 #BAA121 #DCC23C #E5D270 #EFE2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DCC23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC23C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC23C	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)

#D5BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.149 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd47b',
    500: '#dcc23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc23c;
$custom-light: #ebd47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81335,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC23C

secondary

#303F8C

accent

#58EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC23C

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

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