#DCC54D#DCC54D

#DCC54D 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 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC54D
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -5.53, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 61.29, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0203 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8232, 55.6863, 15.0912)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC54D #4D64DC

analogous

#DC7D4D #DCC54D #ABDC4D

triadic

#DCC54D #4DDCC5 #C54DDC

tetradic

#DCC54D #4DDC7D #4D64DC #DC4DAB

square

#DCC54D #4DDC7D #4D64DC #DC4DAB

split-complementary

#DCC54D #4DABDC #7D4DDC

monochromatic

#927F1D #C5AC27 #DCC54D #E6D680 #F0E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DCC54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC54D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC54D	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead684',
    500: '#dcc54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc54d;
$custom-light: #ead684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82085,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC54D

secondary

#364697

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC54D

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

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