#DCC54A#DCC54A

#DCC54A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC54A
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -5.70, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 62.52, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0211 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7198, 55.6449, 14.5462)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC54A #4A61DC

analogous

#DC7C4A #DCC54A #AADC4A

triadic

#DCC54A #4ADCC5 #C54ADC

tetradic

#DCC54A #4ADC7C #4A61DC #DC4AAA

square

#DCC54A #4ADC7C #4A61DC #DC4AAA

split-complementary

#DCC54A #4AAADC #7C4ADC

monochromatic

#907E1C #C3AA26 #DCC54A #E6D57D #F0E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DCC54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC54A

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC54A	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead683',
    500: '#dcc54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc54a;
$custom-light: #ead683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82059,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC54A

secondary

#354495

accent

#59EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC54A

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

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