#DCC353#DCC353

#DCC353 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC353
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -4.13, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 58.11, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0156 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5938, 54.8728, 16.1085)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC353 #536CDC

analogous

#DC7F53 #DCC353 #B1DC53

triadic

#DCC353 #53DCC3 #C353DC

tetradic

#DCC353 #53DC7F #536CDC #DC53B1

square

#DCC353 #53DC7F #536CDC #DC53B1

split-complementary

#DCC353 #53B1DC #7F53DC

monochromatic

#96801F #C9AC29 #DCC353 #E6D586 #F1E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DCC353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC353

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC353	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead488',
    500: '#dcc353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc353;
$custom-light: #ead488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81732,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC353

secondary

#394B9B

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC353

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

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