#DCD555#DCD555

#DCD555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.148 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD555
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -13.14, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 63.58, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0411 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.148 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9510, 63.4618, 17.9473)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD555 #555CDC

analogous

#DC9255 #DCD555 #9FDC55

triadic

#DCD555 #55DCD5 #D555DC

tetradic

#DCD555 #55DC92 #555CDC #DC559F

square

#DCD555 #55DC92 #555CDC #DC559F

split-complementary

#DCD555 #559FDC #9255DC

monochromatic

#97911F #CAC22A #DCD555 #E6E288 #F1EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DCD555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD555

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD555	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.148 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18a',
    500: '#dcd555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd555;
$custom-light: #eae18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85482,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD555

secondary

#393F9C

accent

#48E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD555

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

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