#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
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -13.45, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 65.63, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0425 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.152 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7594, 63.3852, 16.9379)
Luminance	0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##DCD550	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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