#DCCA55#DCCA55

#DCCA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA55
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -7.59, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 59.57, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0253 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2775, 58.1147, 17.0561)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA55 #5567DC

analogous

#DC8755 #DCCA55 #ABDC55

triadic

#DCCA55 #55DCCA #CA55DC

tetradic

#DCCA55 #55DC87 #5567DC #DC55AB

square

#DCCA55 #55DC87 #5567DC #DC55AB

split-complementary

#DCCA55 #55ABDC #8755DC

monochromatic

#97871F #CAB52A #DCCA55 #E6DA88 #F1EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DCCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA55

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA55	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead989',
    500: '#dcca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca55;
$custom-light: #ead989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83191,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA55

secondary

#39479C

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA55

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

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