#DCC83A#DCC83A

#DCC83A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.155 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC83A
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 73.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -8.03, 69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 69.48, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0294 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.155 101)
XYZ	xyz(50.9356, 56.8320, 12.2889)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC83A #3A4EDC

analogous

#DC773A #DCC83A #9FDC3A

triadic

#DCC83A #3ADCC8 #C83ADC

tetradic

#DCC83A #3ADC77 #3A4EDC #DC3A9F

square

#DCC83A #3ADC77 #3A4EDC #DC3A9F

split-complementary

#DCC83A #3A9FDC #773ADC

monochromatic

#847717 #B8A521 #DCC83A #E5D76E #EEE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DCC83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC83A

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC83A	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.155 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd87a',
    500: '#dcc83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc83a;
$custom-light: #ebd87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 69.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82559,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.5683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC83A

secondary

#303B8B

accent

#51ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC83A

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

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