#DCC253#DCC253

#DCC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.133 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC253
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -3.61, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 57.79, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0141 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.133 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3705, 54.4262, 16.0341)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC253 #536DDC

analogous

#DC7E53 #DCC253 #B2DC53

triadic

#DCC253 #53DCC2 #C253DC

tetradic

#DCC253 #53DC7E #536DDC #DC53B2

square

#DCC253 #53DC7E #536DDC #DC53B2

split-complementary

#DCC253 #53B2DC #7E53DC

monochromatic

#967F1F #C9AB29 #DCC253 #E6D486 #F1E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DCC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC253

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC253	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.133 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead488',
    500: '#dcc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc253;
$custom-light: #ead488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81527,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC253

secondary

#394B9B

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC253

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

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