#DCD550#DCD550

#DCD550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.152 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DCD550
RGBrgb(220, 213, 80)
HSLhsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSVhsv(57, 64%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(83.64, -13.45, 64.24)
CIE-LCHlch(83.64, 65.63, 101.83°)
OKLaboklab(85.44% -0.0425 0.1455)
OKLCHoklch(85.44% 0.152 106.3)
XYZxyz(54.7594, 63.3852, 16.9379)
Luminance0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DCD550 #5057DC
analogous
#DC8F50 #DCD550 #9DDC50
triadic
#DCD550 #50DCD5 #D550DC
tetradic
#DCD550 #50DC8F #5057DC #DC509D
square
#DCD550 #50DC8F #5057DC #DC509D
split-complementary
#DCD550 #509DDC #8F50DC
monochromatic
#948E1E #C7BF28 #DCD550 #E6E183 #F0EDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54
#DCD550 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68
#DCD550 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD550
13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DCD550#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DCD5501.001.5413.6813.68
#FFFFFF1.541.0021.0021.00
#00000013.6821.001.001.00
##00000013.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CD3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D358
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBC8B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dcd550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.152 106.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae187',
    500: '#dcd550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dcd550;
$custom-light: #eae187;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dcd550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85437,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DCD550
secondary
#383C99
accent
#47EA3E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD550

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

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#DCD550 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva