#DCC24D#DCC24D

#DCC24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC24D
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -3.98, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 60.35, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0159 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1488, 54.3375, 14.8664)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC24D #4D67DC

analogous

#DC7A4D #DCC24D #AEDC4D

triadic

#DCC24D #4DDCC2 #C24DDC

tetradic

#DCC24D #4DDC7A #4D67DC #DC4DAE

square

#DCC24D #4DDC7A #4D67DC #DC4DAE

split-complementary

#DCC24D #4DAEDC #7A4DDC

monochromatic

#927D1D #C5A827 #DCC24D #E6D480 #F0E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DCC24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC24D

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC24D	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead484',
    500: '#dcc24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc24d;
$custom-light: #ead484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8147,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC24D

secondary

#364897

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC24D

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

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