#DCC455#DCC455

#DCC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.133 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC455
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -4.51, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 57.56, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0165 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8970, 55.3537, 16.5960)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC455 #556DDC

analogous

#DC8055 #DCC455 #B1DC55

triadic

#DCC455 #55DCC4 #C455DC

tetradic

#DCC455 #55DC80 #556DDC #DC55B1

square

#DCC455 #55DC80 #556DDC #DC55B1

split-complementary

#DCC455 #55B1DC #8055DC

monochromatic

#97821F #CAAE2A #DCC455 #E6D688 #F1E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DCC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC455

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC455	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead589',
    500: '#dcc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc455;
$custom-light: #ead589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81957,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC455

secondary

#394B9C

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC455

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

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