#DCC943#DCC943

#DCC943 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.150 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC943
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -8.12, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 66.54, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0288 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.15 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4173, 57.3965, 13.6794)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC943 #4356DC

analogous

#DC7D43 #DCC943 #A3DC43

triadic

#DCC943 #43DCC9 #C943DC

tetradic

#DCC943 #43DC7D #4356DC #DC43A3

square

#DCC943 #43DC7D #4356DC #DC43A3

split-complementary

#DCC943 #43A3DC #7D43DC

monochromatic

#8B7D1A #BEAB23 #DCC943 #E6D877 #EFE7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DCC943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC943

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC943	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.150 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd97f',
    500: '#dcc943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc943;
$custom-light: #ebd97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.549,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82829,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC943

secondary

#333E90

accent

#52EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC943

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

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