#DCC555#DCC555

#DCC555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC555
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -5.03, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 57.88, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.018 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1233, 55.8063, 16.6714)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC555 #556CDC

analogous

#DC8255 #DCC555 #AFDC55

triadic

#DCC555 #55DCC5 #C555DC

tetradic

#DCC555 #55DC82 #556CDC #DC55AF

square

#DCC555 #55DC82 #556CDC #DC55AF

split-complementary

#DCC555 #55AFDC #8255DC

monochromatic

#97831F #CAAF2A #DCC555 #E6D688 #F1E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DCC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC555

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC555	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead689',
    500: '#dcc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc555;
$custom-light: #ead689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82162,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC555

secondary

#394A9C

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC555

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

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