#DCC63A#DCC63A

#DCC63A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.153 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC63A
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 73.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -7.01, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 68.87, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0266 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.153 100)
XYZ	xyz(50.4754, 55.9117, 12.1355)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC63A #3A50DC

analogous

#DC753A #DCC63A #A1DC3A

triadic

#DCC63A #3ADCC6 #C63ADC

tetradic

#DCC63A #3ADC75 #3A50DC #DC3AA1

square

#DCC63A #3ADC75 #3A50DC #DC3AA1

split-complementary

#DCC63A #3AA1DC #753ADC

monochromatic

#847517 #B8A421 #DCC63A #E5D56E #EEE4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DCC63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC63A

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC63A	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.153 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd67a',
    500: '#dcc63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc63a;
$custom-light: #ebd67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 69.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82145,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.55909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC63A

secondary

#303C8B

accent

#53ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC63A

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

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