#DCC74B#DCC74B

#DCC74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC74B
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -6.67, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 62.76, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0238 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2109, 56.5728, 14.8774)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC74B #4B60DC

analogous

#DC7E4B #DCC74B #A9DC4B

triadic

#DCC74B #4BDCC7 #C74BDC

tetradic

#DCC74B #4BDC7E #4B60DC #DC4BA9

square

#DCC74B #4BDC7E #4B60DC #DC4BA9

split-complementary

#DCC74B #4BA9DC #7E4BDC

monochromatic

#91801C #C4AD26 #DCC74B #E6D77E #F0E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DCC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC74B

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC74B	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead783',
    500: '#dcc74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc74b;
$custom-light: #ead783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8248,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC74B

secondary

#364496

accent

#57EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC74B

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

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