#DCD155#DCD155

#DCD155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.144 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD155
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -11.14, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 62.08, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0354 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.144 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9573, 61.4744, 17.6161)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD155 #5560DC

analogous

#DC8D55 #DCD155 #A4DC55

triadic

#DCD155 #55DCD1 #D155DC

tetradic

#DCD155 #55DC8D #5560DC #DC55A4

square

#DCD155 #55DC8D #5560DC #DC55A4

split-complementary

#DCD155 #55A4DC #8D55DC

monochromatic

#978E1F #CABD2A #DCD155 #E6DF88 #F1ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DCD155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD155

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD155	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.144 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8a',
    500: '#dcd155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd155;
$custom-light: #eade8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84645,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD155

secondary

#39419C

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD155

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

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