#DCC55F#DCC55F

#DCC55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.125 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC55F
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -4.32, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 53.41, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0148 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.125 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5490, 55.9766, 18.9135)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC55F #5F76DC

analogous

#DC875F #DCC55F #B5DC5F

triadic

#DCC55F #5FDCC5 #C55FDC

tetradic

#DCC55F #5FDC87 #5F76DC #DC5FB5

square

#DCC55F #5FDC87 #5F76DC #DC5FB5

split-complementary

#DCC55F #5FB5DC #875FDC

monochromatic

#9E8723 #D0B22E #DCC55F #E7D791 #F2E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DCC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC55F

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC55F	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)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.125 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68f',
    500: '#dcc55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc55f;
$custom-light: #ead68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8227,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC55F

secondary

#3E50A2

accent

#3ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC55F

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

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