#DCC55D#DCC55D

#DCC55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC55D
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -4.47, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 54.32, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0154 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(51.4593, 55.9407, 18.4409)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC55D #5D74DC

analogous

#DC865D #DCC55D #B4DC5D

triadic

#DCC55D #5DDCC5 #C55DDC

tetradic

#DCC55D #5DDC86 #5D74DC #DC5DB4

square

#DCC55D #5DDC86 #5D74DC #DC5DB4

split-complementary

#DCC55D #5DB4DC #865DDC

monochromatic

#9D8622 #CFB22D #DCC55D #E7D78F #F2E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DCC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC55D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC55D	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68e',
    500: '#dcc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc55d;
$custom-light: #ead68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82247,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC55D

secondary

#3D4FA1

accent

#3ACC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC55D

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

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