#DCC055#DCC055

#DCC055 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.130 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC055
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -2.44, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 56.29, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0105 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.13 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0067, 53.5733, 16.2992)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC055 #5571DC

analogous

#DC7D55 #DCC055 #B4DC55

triadic

#DCC055 #55DCC0 #C055DC

tetradic

#DCC055 #55DC7D #5571DC #DC55B4

square

#DCC055 #55DC7D #5571DC #DC55B4

split-complementary

#DCC055 #55B4DC #7D55DC

monochromatic

#977E1F #CAA92A #DCC055 #E6D388 #F1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DCC055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC055

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC055	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.130 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead289',
    500: '#dcc055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc055;
$custom-light: #ead289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8114,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC055

secondary

#394E9C

accent

#62E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC055

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

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