#DCC643#DCC643

#DCC643 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.148 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC643
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -6.59, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 65.59, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0244 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.148 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7247, 56.0114, 13.4485)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC643 #4359DC

analogous

#DC7A43 #DCC643 #A5DC43

triadic

#DCC643 #43DCC6 #C643DC

tetradic

#DCC643 #43DC7A #4359DC #DC43A5

square

#DCC643 #43DC7A #4359DC #DC43A5

split-complementary

#DCC643 #43A5DC #7A43DC

monochromatic

#8B7B1A #BEA823 #DCC643 #E6D677 #EFE5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DCC643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC643

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC643	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.148 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd67f',
    500: '#dcc643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc643;
$custom-light: #ebd67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.373,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82208,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC643

secondary

#334090

accent

#56EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC643

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

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