#DCC655#DCC655

#DCC655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC655
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -5.54, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 58.21, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0194 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3511, 56.2620, 16.7473)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC655 #556BDC

analogous

#DC8255 #DCC655 #AFDC55

triadic

#DCC655 #55DCC6 #C655DC

tetradic

#DCC655 #55DC82 #556BDC #DC55AF

square

#DCC655 #55DC82 #556BDC #DC55AF

split-complementary

#DCC655 #55AFDC #8255DC

monochromatic

#97841F #CAB02A #DCC655 #E6D788 #F1E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DCC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC655

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC655	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead789',
    500: '#dcc655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc655;
$custom-light: #ead789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82367,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC655

secondary

#39499C

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC655

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

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