#DCC557#DCC557

#DCC557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.132 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC557
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -4.89, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 57.01, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0173 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.132 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2039, 55.8386, 17.0958)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC557 #576EDC

analogous

#DC8257 #DCC557 #B0DC57

triadic

#DCC557 #57DCC5 #C557DC

tetradic

#DCC557 #57DC82 #576EDC #DC57B0

square

#DCC557 #57DC82 #576EDC #DC57B0

split-complementary

#DCC557 #57B0DC #8257DC

monochromatic

#998420 #CBB02A #DCC557 #E7D68A #F1E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DCC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC557

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC557	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.132 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68a',
    500: '#dcc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc557;
$custom-light: #ead68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82182,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC557

secondary

#3A4B9D

accent

#37CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC557

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

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