#DCC853#DCC853

#DCC853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC853
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -6.70, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 59.75, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.023 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7329, 57.1510, 16.4882)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC853 #5367DC

analogous

#DC8453 #DCC853 #ACDC53

triadic

#DCC853 #53DCC8 #C853DC

tetradic

#DCC853 #53DC84 #5367DC #DC53AC

square

#DCC853 #53DC84 #5367DC #DC53AC

split-complementary

#DCC853 #53ACDC #8453DC

monochromatic

#96851F #C9B229 #DCC853 #E6D886 #F1E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DCC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC853

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC853	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead888',
    500: '#dcc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc853;
$custom-light: #ead888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82759,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC853

secondary

#39479B

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC853

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

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