#DCC955#DCC955

#DCC955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.137 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DCC955
RGBrgb(220, 201, 85)
HSLhsl(52, 66%, 60%)
HSVhsv(52, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(80.54, -7.08, 58.80)
CIE-LCHlch(80.54, 59.23, 96.86°)
OKLaboklab(82.99% -0.0238 0.1347)
OKLCHoklch(82.99% 0.137 100)
XYZxyz(52.0436, 57.6470, 16.9782)
Luminance0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DCC955 #5568DC
analogous
#DC8655 #DCC955 #ABDC55
triadic
#DCC955 #55DCC9 #C955DC
tetradic
#DCC955 #55DC86 #5568DC #DC55AB
square
#DCC955 #55DC86 #5568DC #DC55AB
split-complementary
#DCC955 #55ABDC #8655DC
monochromatic
#97871F #CAB42A #DCC955 #E6D988 #F1E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68
#DCC955 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53
#DCC955 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC955
12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DCC955#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DCC9551.001.6812.5312.53
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5321.001.001.00
##00000012.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC448
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB5B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ECBCB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dcc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.137 100.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead989',
    500: '#dcc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dcc955;
$custom-light: #ead989;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dcc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82985,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.57645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DCC955
secondary
#39479C
accent
#57E93F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC955

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#DCC955 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva