#DCC24B#DCC24B

#DCC24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC24B
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -4.10, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 61.18, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0165 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0793, 54.3097, 14.5002)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC24B #4B65DC

analogous

#DC794B #DCC24B #AEDC4B

triadic

#DCC24B #4BDCC2 #C24BDC

tetradic

#DCC24B #4BDC79 #4B65DC #DC4BAE

square

#DCC24B #4BDC79 #4B65DC #DC4BAE

split-complementary

#DCC24B #4BAEDC #794BDC

monochromatic

#917C1C #C4A726 #DCC24B #E6D37E #F0E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DCC24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC24B

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC24B	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)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead483',
    500: '#dcc24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc24b;
$custom-light: #ead483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81452,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC24B

secondary

#364796

accent

#5CEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC24B

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

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