#DCD355#DCD355

#DCD355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.146 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD355
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -12.14, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 62.83, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0383 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.146 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4511, 62.4619, 17.7807)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD355 #555EDC

analogous

#DC9055 #DCD355 #A2DC55

triadic

#DCD355 #55DCD3 #D355DC

tetradic

#DCD355 #55DC90 #555EDC #DC55A2

square

#DCD355 #55DC90 #555EDC #DC55A2

split-complementary

#DCD355 #55A2DC #9055DC

monochromatic

#978F1F #CABF2A #DCD355 #E6E088 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DCD355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD355

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD355	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.146 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08a',
    500: '#dcd355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd355;
$custom-light: #eae08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85063,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD355

secondary

#39409C

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD355

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →