#DCD255#DCD255

#DCD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.145 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD255
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -11.64, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 62.46, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0368 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.145 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2034, 61.9666, 17.6981)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD255 #555FDC

analogous

#DC8F55 #DCD255 #A2DC55

triadic

#DCD255 #55DCD2 #D255DC

tetradic

#DCD255 #55DC8F #555FDC #DC55A2

square

#DCD255 #55DC8F #555FDC #DC55A2

split-complementary

#DCD255 #55A2DC #8F55DC

monochromatic

#978F1F #CABE2A #DCD255 #E6DF88 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DCD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD255

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD255	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.145 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf8a',
    500: '#dcd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd255;
$custom-light: #eadf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84854,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD255

secondary

#39419C

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD255

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

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