#DCCD55#DCCD55

#DCCD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCD55
RGB	rgb(220, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -9.11, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 60.63, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0296 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9882, 59.5362, 17.2931)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCD55 #5564DC

analogous

#DC8955 #DCCD55 #A8DC55

triadic

#DCCD55 #55DCCD #CD55DC

tetradic

#DCCD55 #55DC89 #5564DC #DC55A8

square

#DCCD55 #55DC89 #5564DC #DC55A8

split-complementary

#DCCD55 #55A8DC #8955DC

monochromatic

#978A1F #CAB82A #DCCD55 #E6DC88 #F1EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DCCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCD55

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCD55	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8a',
    500: '#dccd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccd55;
$custom-light: #eadc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83813,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCD55

secondary

#39449C

accent

#52E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCD55

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

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