#DCC63C#DCC63C

#DCC63C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.152 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC63C
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -6.92, 67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 68.17, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0261 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.152 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5273, 55.9325, 12.4087)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC63C #3C52DC

analogous

#DC763C #DCC63C #A2DC3C

triadic

#DCC63C #3CDCC6 #C63CDC

tetradic

#DCC63C #3CDC76 #3C52DC #DC3CA2

square

#DCC63C #3CDC76 #3C52DC #DC3CA2

split-complementary

#DCC63C #3CA2DC #763CDC

monochromatic

#867718 #BAA521 #DCC63C #E5D570 #EFE4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DCC63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC63C

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC63C	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.152 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd67b',
    500: '#dcc63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc63c;
$custom-light: #ebd67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.75,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82158,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC63C

secondary

#303D8C

accent

#54EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC63C

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

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