#DCC550#DCC550

#DCC550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC550
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -5.35, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 60.03, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0194 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9316, 55.7297, 15.6620)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC550 #5067DC

analogous

#DC7F50 #DCC550 #ADDC50

triadic

#DCC550 #50DCC5 #C550DC

tetradic

#DCC550 #50DC7F #5067DC #DC50AD

square

#DCC550 #50DC7F #5067DC #DC50AD

split-complementary

#DCC550 #50ADDC #7F50DC

monochromatic

#94811E #C7AD28 #DCC550 #E6D683 #F0E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DCC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC550

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC550	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead686',
    500: '#dcc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc550;
$custom-light: #ead686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82113,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC550

secondary

#384799

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC550

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

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