#DCC24F#DCC24F

#DCC24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC24F
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -3.86, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 59.51, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0153 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2205, 54.3662, 15.2441)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC24F #4F69DC

analogous

#DC7B4F #DCC24F #AFDC4F

triadic

#DCC24F #4FDCC2 #C24FDC

tetradic

#DCC24F #4FDC7B #4F69DC #DC4FAF

square

#DCC24F #4FDC7B #4F69DC #DC4FAF

split-complementary

#DCC24F #4FAFDC #7B4FDC

monochromatic

#937E1D #C6A927 #DCC24F #E6D482 #F0E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DCC24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC24F

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC24F	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)

#D4BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead485',
    500: '#dcc24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc24f;
$custom-light: #ead485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81489,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC24F

secondary

#374998

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC24F

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

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