#DCC55A#DCC55A

#DCC55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.129 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC55A
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -4.68, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 55.67, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0164 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.129 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3290, 55.8886, 17.7548)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC55A #5A71DC

analogous

#DC845A #DCC55A #B2DC5A

triadic

#DCC55A #5ADCC5 #C55ADC

tetradic

#DCC55A #5ADC84 #5A71DC #DC5AB2

square

#DCC55A #5ADC84 #5A71DC #DC5AB2

split-complementary

#DCC55A #5AB2DC #845ADC

monochromatic

#9B8521 #CDB12C #DCC55A #E7D78C #F1E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DCC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC55A

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC55A	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.129 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68c',
    500: '#dcc55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc55a;
$custom-light: #ead68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82214,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC55A

secondary

#3B4D9F

accent

#39CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC55A

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

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