#DCCC53#DCCC53

#DCCC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC53
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -8.74, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 61.13, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0288 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6715, 59.0280, 16.8010)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC53 #5363DC

analogous

#DC8853 #DCCC53 #A7DC53

triadic

#DCCC53 #53DCCC #CC53DC

tetradic

#DCCC53 #53DC88 #5363DC #DC53A7

square

#DCCC53 #53DC88 #5363DC #DC53A7

split-complementary

#DCCC53 #53A7DC #8853DC

monochromatic

#96881F #C9B629 #DCCC53 #E6DB86 #F1EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DCCC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC53

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC53	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb88',
    500: '#dccc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc53;
$custom-light: #eadb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83586,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC53

secondary

#39449B

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC53

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

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