#DCC155#DCC155

#DCC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC155
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -2.96, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 56.60, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.012 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2271, 54.0139, 16.3727)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC155 #5570DC

analogous

#DC7E55 #DCC155 #B4DC55

triadic

#DCC155 #55DCC1 #C155DC

tetradic

#DCC155 #55DC7E #5570DC #DC55B4

square

#DCC155 #55DC7E #5570DC #DC55B4

split-complementary

#DCC155 #55B4DC #7E55DC

monochromatic

#977F1F #CAAA2A #DCC155 #E6D488 #F1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DCC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC155

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC155	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead389',
    500: '#dcc155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc155;
$custom-light: #ead389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81343,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC155

secondary

#394D9C

accent

#61E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC155

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

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