#DCC54C#DCC54C

#DCC54C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC54C
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -5.59, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 61.70, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0206 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7882, 55.6723, 14.9067)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC54C #4C63DC

analogous

#DC7D4C #DCC54C #ABDC4C

triadic

#DCC54C #4CDCC5 #C54CDC

tetradic

#DCC54C #4CDC7D #4C63DC #DC4CAB

square

#DCC54C #4CDC7D #4C63DC #DC4CAB

split-complementary

#DCC54C #4CABDC #7D4CDC

monochromatic

#917F1C #C4AB26 #DCC54C #E6D67F #F0E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DCC54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC54C

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC54C	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)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead684',
    500: '#dcc54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc54c;
$custom-light: #ead684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82076,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC54C

secondary

#364596

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC54C

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

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