#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
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -7.08, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 59.23, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0238 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.137 100)
XYZ	xyz(52.0436, 57.6470, 16.9782)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##DCC955	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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