#DCC24E#DCC24E

#DCC24E 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	#DCC24E
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -3.92, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 59.93, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0156 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1844, 54.3517, 15.0538)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC24E #4E68DC

analogous

#DC7B4E #DCC24E #AFDC4E

triadic

#DCC24E #4EDCC2 #C24EDC

tetradic

#DCC24E #4EDC7B #4E68DC #DC4EAF

square

#DCC24E #4EDC7B #4E68DC #DC4EAF

split-complementary

#DCC24E #4EAFDC #7B4EDC

monochromatic

#937D1D #C6A927 #DCC24E #E6D481 #F0E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DCC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC24E

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC24E	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)

#D4BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead485',
    500: '#dcc24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc24e;
$custom-light: #ead485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81479,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC24E

secondary

#374897

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC24E

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

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