#DCC553#DCC553

#DCC553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC553
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -5.16, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 58.75, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0186 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0449, 55.7750, 16.2589)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC553 #536ADC

analogous

#DC8153 #DCC553 #AFDC53

triadic

#DCC553 #53DCC5 #C553DC

tetradic

#DCC553 #53DC81 #536ADC #DC53AF

square

#DCC553 #53DC81 #536ADC #DC53AF

split-complementary

#DCC553 #53AFDC #8153DC

monochromatic

#96821F #C9AE29 #DCC553 #E6D686 #F1E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DCC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC553

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC553	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead688',
    500: '#dcc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc553;
$custom-light: #ead688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82142,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC553

secondary

#39499B

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC553

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

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