#DCC355#DCC355

#DCC355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC355
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -3.99, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 57.24, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.015 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6722, 54.9041, 16.5210)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC355 #556EDC

analogous

#DC8055 #DCC355 #B2DC55

triadic

#DCC355 #55DCC3 #C355DC

tetradic

#DCC355 #55DC80 #556EDC #DC55B2

square

#DCC355 #55DC80 #556EDC #DC55B2

split-complementary

#DCC355 #55B2DC #8055DC

monochromatic

#97811F #CAAC2A #DCC355 #E6D588 #F1E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DCC355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC355

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC355	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead489',
    500: '#dcc355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc355;
$custom-light: #ead489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81752,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC355

secondary

#394C9C

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC355

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

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