#DCC54F#DCC54F

#DCC54F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC54F
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -5.41, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 60.45, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0197 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8949, 55.7150, 15.4689)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC54F #4F66DC

analogous

#DC7E4F #DCC54F #ACDC4F

triadic

#DCC54F #4FDCC5 #C54FDC

tetradic

#DCC54F #4FDC7E #4F66DC #DC4FAC

square

#DCC54F #4FDC7E #4F66DC #DC4FAC

split-complementary

#DCC54F #4FACDC #7E4FDC

monochromatic

#93801D #C6AC27 #DCC54F #E6D682 #F0E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DCC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC54F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC54F	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)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead685',
    500: '#dcc54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc54f;
$custom-light: #ead685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82103,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC54F

secondary

#374798

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC54F

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

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