#DCC74D#DCC74D

#DCC74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC74D
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -6.55, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 61.94, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0232 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.141 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2804, 56.6006, 15.2436)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC74D #4D62DC

analogous

#DC7F4D #DCC74D #A9DC4D

triadic

#DCC74D #4DDCC7 #C74DDC

tetradic

#DCC74D #4DDC7F #4D62DC #DC4DA9

square

#DCC74D #4DDC7F #4D62DC #DC4DA9

split-complementary

#DCC74D #4DA9DC #7F4DDC

monochromatic

#92811D #C5AE27 #DCC74D #E6D780 #F0E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DCC74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC74D

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC74D	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead784',
    500: '#dcc74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc74d;
$custom-light: #ead784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82497,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC74D

secondary

#364597

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC74D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →