#DCC83C#DCC83C

#DCC83C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.154 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC83C
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -7.94, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 68.78, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.029 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.154 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9875, 56.8528, 12.5621)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC83C #3C50DC

analogous

#DC783C #DCC83C #A0DC3C

triadic

#DCC83C #3CDCC8 #C83CDC

tetradic

#DCC83C #3CDC78 #3C50DC #DC3CA0

square

#DCC83C #3CDC78 #3C50DC #DC3CA0

split-complementary

#DCC83C #3CA0DC #783CDC

monochromatic

#867818 #BAA621 #DCC83C #E5D770 #EFE5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DCC83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC83C

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC83C	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)

#DBC223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.154 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd87b',
    500: '#dcc83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc83c;
$custom-light: #ebd87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82572,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC83C

secondary

#303C8C

accent

#52EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC83C

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

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