#DCC54E#DCC54E

#DCC54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC54E
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -5.47, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 60.87, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.02 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8588, 55.7006, 15.2786)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC54E #4E65DC

analogous

#DC7E4E #DCC54E #ACDC4E

triadic

#DCC54E #4EDCC5 #C54EDC

tetradic

#DCC54E #4EDC7E #4E65DC #DC4EAC

square

#DCC54E #4EDC7E #4E65DC #DC4EAC

split-complementary

#DCC54E #4EACDC #7E4EDC

monochromatic

#93801D #C6AC27 #DCC54E #E6D681 #F0E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DCC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC54E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC54E	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)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead685',
    500: '#dcc54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc54e;
$custom-light: #ead685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82094,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC54E

secondary

#374697

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC54E

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

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