#DCC53C#DCC53C

#DCC53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.151 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC53C
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -6.41, 67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 67.87, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0247 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.151 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2995, 55.4768, 12.3327)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC53C #3C53DC

analogous

#DC753C #DCC53C #A3DC3C

triadic

#DCC53C #3CDCC5 #C53CDC

tetradic

#DCC53C #3CDC75 #3C53DC #DC3CA3

square

#DCC53C #3CDC75 #3C53DC #DC3CA3

split-complementary

#DCC53C #3CA3DC #753CDC

monochromatic

#867618 #BAA421 #DCC53C #E5D470 #EFE4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DCC53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC53C

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC53C	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)

#D8C024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.151 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd67b',
    500: '#dcc53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc53c;
$custom-light: #ebd67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.375,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81952,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC53C

secondary

#303D8C

accent

#55EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC53C

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

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