#DCC559#DCC559

#DCC559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC559
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -4.75, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 56.12, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0167 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2867, 55.8717, 17.5321)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC559 #5970DC

analogous

#DC8459 #DCC559 #B1DC59

triadic

#DCC559 #59DCC5 #C559DC

tetradic

#DCC559 #59DC84 #5970DC #DC59B1

square

#DCC559 #59DC84 #5970DC #DC59B1

split-complementary

#DCC559 #59B1DC #8459DC

monochromatic

#9A8520 #CDB02B #DCC559 #E7D78C #F1E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DCC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC559

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC559	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)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68c',
    500: '#dcc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc559;
$custom-light: #ead68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82203,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC559

secondary

#3B4C9E

accent

#38CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC559

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

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