#DCC55E#DCC55E

#DCC55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC55E
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -4.39, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 53.87, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0151 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5038, 55.9586, 18.6757)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC55E #5E75DC

analogous

#DC865E #DCC55E #B4DC5E

triadic

#DCC55E #5EDCC5 #C55EDC

tetradic

#DCC55E #5EDC86 #5E75DC #DC5EB4

square

#DCC55E #5EDC86 #5E75DC #DC5EB4

split-complementary

#DCC55E #5EB4DC #865EDC

monochromatic

#9D8722 #D0B22D #DCC55E #E7D790 #F2E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DCC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC55E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC55E	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)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68f',
    500: '#dcc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc55e;
$custom-light: #ead68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82258,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC55E

secondary

#3D4FA1

accent

#3ACC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC55E

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

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