#DCD557#DCD557

#DCD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.146 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD557
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -13.01, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 62.75, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0405 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.146 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0316, 63.4941, 18.3717)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD557 #575EDC

analogous

#DC9257 #DCD557 #A1DC57

triadic

#DCD557 #57DCD5 #D557DC

tetradic

#DCD557 #57DC92 #575EDC #DC57A1

square

#DCD557 #57DC92 #575EDC #DC57A1

split-complementary

#DCD557 #57A1DC #9257DC

monochromatic

#999220 #CBC32A #DCD557 #E7E28A #F1EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD557

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD557	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.146 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18b',
    500: '#dcd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd557;
$custom-light: #eae18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85501,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD557

secondary

#3A3F9D

accent

#22CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD557

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

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