#DCC74F#DCC74F

#DCC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC74F
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -6.43, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 61.11, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0227 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3521, 56.6293, 15.6212)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC74F #4F64DC

analogous

#DC804F #DCC74F #AADC4F

triadic

#DCC74F #4FDCC7 #C74FDC

tetradic

#DCC74F #4FDC80 #4F64DC #DC4FAA

square

#DCC74F #4FDC80 #4F64DC #DC4FAA

split-complementary

#DCC74F #4FAADC #804FDC

monochromatic

#93821D #C6AF27 #DCC74F #E6D782 #F0E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DCC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC74F

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC74F	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead786',
    500: '#dcc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc74f;
$custom-light: #ead786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82515,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC74F

secondary

#374698

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC74F

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

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