#DCCC55#DCCC55

#DCCC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC55
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -8.61, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 60.27, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0282 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7498, 59.0594, 17.2136)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC55 #5565DC

analogous

#DC8955 #DCCC55 #A9DC55

triadic

#DCCC55 #55DCCC #CC55DC

tetradic

#DCCC55 #55DC89 #5565DC #DC55A9

square

#DCCC55 #55DC89 #5565DC #DC55A9

split-complementary

#DCCC55 #55A9DC #8955DC

monochromatic

#97891F #CAB72A #DCCC55 #E6DB88 #F1EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DCCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC55

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC55	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8a',
    500: '#dccc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc55;
$custom-light: #eadb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83605,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC55

secondary

#39459C

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC55

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

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