#DCC24C#DCC24C

#DCC24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC24C
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -4.04, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 60.77, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0162 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1138, 54.3235, 14.6819)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC24C #4C66DC

analogous

#DC7A4C #DCC24C #AEDC4C

triadic

#DCC24C #4CDCC2 #C24CDC

tetradic

#DCC24C #4CDC7A #4C66DC #DC4CAE

square

#DCC24C #4CDC7A #4C66DC #DC4CAE

split-complementary

#DCC24C #4CAEDC #7A4CDC

monochromatic

#917C1C #C4A826 #DCC24C #E6D37F #F0E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DCC24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC24C

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC24C	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)

#D5BE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead483',
    500: '#dcc24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc24c;
$custom-light: #ead483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81461,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC24C

secondary

#364796

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC24C

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

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