#DCC55B#DCC55B

#DCC55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC55B
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -4.61, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 55.23, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0161 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3718, 55.9058, 17.9804)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC55B #5B72DC

analogous

#DC845B #DCC55B #B2DC5B

triadic

#DCC55B #5BDCC5 #C55BDC

tetradic

#DCC55B #5BDC84 #5B72DC #DC5BB2

square

#DCC55B #5BDC84 #5B72DC #DC5BB2

split-complementary

#DCC55B #5BB2DC #845BDC

monochromatic

#9B8621 #CEB12C #DCC55B #E7D78D #F2E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DCC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC55B

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC55B	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)

#D6C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68d',
    500: '#dcc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc55b;
$custom-light: #ead68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82225,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC55B

secondary

#3C4E9F

accent

#39CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC55B

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

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