#DCC24A#DCC24A

#DCC24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC24A
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -4.16, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 61.59, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0167 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0453, 54.2961, 14.3214)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC24A #4A64DC

analogous

#DC794A #DCC24A #ADDC4A

triadic

#DCC24A #4ADCC2 #C24ADC

tetradic

#DCC24A #4ADC79 #4A64DC #DC4AAD

square

#DCC24A #4ADC79 #4A64DC #DC4AAD

split-complementary

#DCC24A #4AADDC #794ADC

monochromatic

#907B1C #C3A726 #DCC24A #E6D37D #F0E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DCC24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC24A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC24A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead482',
    500: '#dcc24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc24a;
$custom-light: #ead482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81443,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC24A

secondary

#354695

accent

#5CEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC24A

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

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