#DCD655#DCD655

#DCD655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.149 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD655
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -13.64, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 63.97, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0425 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.149 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2033, 63.9664, 18.0314)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD655 #555BDC

analogous

#DC9255 #DCD655 #9FDC55

triadic

#DCD655 #55DCD6 #D655DC

tetradic

#DCD655 #55DC92 #555BDC #DC559F

square

#DCD655 #55DC92 #555BDC #DC559F

split-complementary

#DCD655 #559FDC #9255DC

monochromatic

#97921F #CAC32A #DCD655 #E6E288 #F1EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#DCD655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD655

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD655	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.149 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28a',
    500: '#dcd655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd655;
$custom-light: #eae28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85692,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD655

secondary

#393E9C

accent

#47E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD655

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

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