#DCCA3A#DCCA3A

#DCCA3A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.156 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA3A
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 73.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -9.05, 69.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 70.09, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0323 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.156 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4018, 57.7645, 12.4443)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA3A #3A4CDC

analogous

#DC793A #DCCA3A #9DDC3A

triadic

#DCCA3A #3ADCCA #CA3ADC

tetradic

#DCCA3A #3ADC79 #3A4CDC #DC3A9D

square

#DCCA3A #3ADC79 #3A4CDC #DC3A9D

split-complementary

#DCCA3A #3A9DDC #793ADC

monochromatic

#847817 #B8A721 #DCCA3A #E5D86E #EEE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCCA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DCCA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA3A

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA3A	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.156 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd97a',
    500: '#dcca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca3a;
$custom-light: #ebd97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 69.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82974,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA3A

secondary

#303A8B

accent

#4FED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA3A

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

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