#DCC55C#DCC55C

#DCC55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.128 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC55C
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -4.54, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 54.77, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0157 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.128 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4153, 55.9231, 18.2091)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC55C #5C73DC

analogous

#DC855C #DCC55C #B3DC5C

triadic

#DCC55C #5CDCC5 #C55CDC

tetradic

#DCC55C #5CDC85 #5C73DC #DC5CB3

square

#DCC55C #5CDC85 #5C73DC #DC5CB3

split-complementary

#DCC55C #5CB3DC #855CDC

monochromatic

#9C8622 #CEB12C #DCC55C #E7D78E #F2E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DCC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC55C

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC55C	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)

#D6C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.128 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68e',
    500: '#dcc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc55c;
$custom-light: #ead68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82236,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC55C

secondary

#3C4EA0

accent

#39CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC55C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →