#DCC855#DCC855

#DCC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC855
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -6.57, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 58.89, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0224 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8113, 57.1823, 16.9007)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC855 #5569DC

analogous

#DC8455 #DCC855 #ADDC55

triadic

#DCC855 #55DCC8 #C855DC

tetradic

#DCC855 #55DC84 #5569DC #DC55AD

square

#DCC855 #55DC84 #5569DC #DC55AD

split-complementary

#DCC855 #55ADDC #8455DC

monochromatic

#97861F #CAB22A #DCC855 #E6D888 #F1E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DCC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC855

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC855	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead889',
    500: '#dcc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc855;
$custom-light: #ead889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82778,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC855

secondary

#39489C

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC855

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

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