#DCD855#DCD855

#DCD855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.151 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD855
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -14.64, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 64.74, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0453 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.151 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7126, 64.9850, 18.2012)
Luminance	0.6498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD855 #5559DC

analogous

#DC9455 #DCD855 #9DDC55

triadic

#DCD855 #55DCD8 #D855DC

tetradic

#DCD855 #55DC94 #5559DC #DC559D

square

#DCD855 #55DC94 #5559DC #DC559D

split-complementary

#DCD855 #559DDC #9455DC

monochromatic

#97941F #CAC52A #DCD855 #E6E488 #F1EFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DCD855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD855

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD855	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.151 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38a',
    500: '#dcd855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd855;
$custom-light: #eae38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86112,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD855

secondary

#393C9C

accent

#44E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD855

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

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