#DCC255#DCC255

#DCC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC255
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -3.48, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 56.92, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0135 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.131 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4489, 54.4575, 16.4466)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC255 #556FDC

analogous

#DC7E55 #DCC255 #B3DC55

triadic

#DCC255 #55DCC2 #C255DC

tetradic

#DCC255 #55DC7E #556FDC #DC55B3

square

#DCC255 #55DC7E #556FDC #DC55B3

split-complementary

#DCC255 #55B3DC #7E55DC

monochromatic

#97801F #CAAB2A #DCC255 #E6D488 #F1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DCC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC255

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC255	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead489',
    500: '#dcc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc255;
$custom-light: #ead489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81547,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC255

secondary

#394C9C

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC255

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

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