#DCD55C#DCD55C

#DCD55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD55C
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -12.67, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 60.61, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.039 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.142 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2430, 63.5786, 19.4850)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD55C #5C63DC

analogous

#DC955C #DCD55C #A3DC5C

triadic

#DCD55C #5CDCD5 #D55CDC

tetradic

#DCD55C #5CDC95 #5C63DC #DC5CA3

square

#DCD55C #5CDC95 #5C63DC #DC5CA3

split-complementary

#DCD55C #5CA3DC #955CDC

monochromatic

#9C9522 #CEC62C #DCD55C #E7E28E #F2EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DCD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD55C

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD55C	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18e',
    500: '#dcd55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd55c;
$custom-light: #eae18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8555,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD55C

secondary

#3C42A0

accent

#23CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD55C

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

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