#DCC953#DCC953

#DCC953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC953
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -7.21, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 60.09, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0244 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9653, 57.6157, 16.5656)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC953 #5366DC

analogous

#DC8553 #DCC953 #ABDC53

triadic

#DCC953 #53DCC9 #C953DC

tetradic

#DCC953 #53DC85 #5366DC #DC53AB

square

#DCC953 #53DC85 #5366DC #DC53AB

split-complementary

#DCC953 #53ABDC #8553DC

monochromatic

#96851F #C9B329 #DCC953 #E6D986 #F1E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DCC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC953

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC953	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead988',
    500: '#dcc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc953;
$custom-light: #ead988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82965,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC953

secondary

#39469B

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC953

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

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