#DCCE55#DCCE55

#DCCE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.141 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCE55
RGB	rgb(220, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -9.62, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 60.99, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0311 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.141 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2282, 60.0162, 17.3730)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCE55 #5563DC

analogous

#DC8B55 #DCCE55 #A6DC55

triadic

#DCCE55 #55DCCE #CE55DC

tetradic

#DCCE55 #55DC8B #5563DC #DC55A6

square

#DCCE55 #55DC8B #5563DC #DC55A6

split-complementary

#DCCE55 #55A6DC #8B55DC

monochromatic

#978B1F #CABA2A #DCCE55 #E6DD88 #F1EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DCCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#DCCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCE55

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCE55	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.141 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8a',
    500: '#dcce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcce55;
$custom-light: #eadc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8402,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCE55

secondary

#39449C

accent

#51E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCE55

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

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