#DCC53A#DCC53A

#DCC53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.152 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC53A
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 73.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -6.50, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 68.58, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0251 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.152 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2476, 55.4561, 12.0596)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC53A #3A51DC

analogous

#DC743A #DCC53A #A2DC3A

triadic

#DCC53A #3ADCC5 #C53ADC

tetradic

#DCC53A #3ADC74 #3A51DC #DC3AA2

square

#DCC53A #3ADC74 #3A51DC #DC3AA2

split-complementary

#DCC53A #3AA2DC #743ADC

monochromatic

#847517 #B8A321 #DCC53A #E5D46E #EEE4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DCC53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC53A

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC53A	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.152 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd67a',
    500: '#dcc53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc53a;
$custom-light: #ebd67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.481,
    "s": 69.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81939,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC53A

secondary

#303D8B

accent

#54ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC53A

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

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