#DCC254#DCC254

#DCC254 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC254
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -3.54, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 57.35, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0138 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(50.4094, 54.4417, 16.2389)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC254 #546EDC

analogous

#DC7E54 #DCC254 #B2DC54

triadic

#DCC254 #54DCC2 #C254DC

tetradic

#DCC254 #54DC7E #546EDC #DC54B2

square

#DCC254 #54DC7E #546EDC #DC54B2

split-complementary

#DCC254 #54B2DC #7E54DC

monochromatic

#97801F #CAAB29 #DCC254 #E6D487 #F1E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DCC254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC254

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC254	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead488',
    500: '#dcc254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc254;
$custom-light: #ead488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81537,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.54439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC254

secondary

#394C9B

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC254

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

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