#DCC453#DCC453

#DCC453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC453
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -4.64, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 58.43, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0171 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8186, 55.3224, 16.1834)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC453 #536BDC

analogous

#DC8053 #DCC453 #B0DC53

triadic

#DCC453 #53DCC4 #C453DC

tetradic

#DCC453 #53DC80 #536BDC #DC53B0

square

#DCC453 #53DC80 #536BDC #DC53B0

split-complementary

#DCC453 #53B0DC #8053DC

monochromatic

#96811F #C9AD29 #DCC453 #E6D586 #F1E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DCC453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC453

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC453	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead588',
    500: '#dcc453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc453;
$custom-light: #ead588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81937,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC453

secondary

#394A9B

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC453

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

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