#DCD955#DCD955

#DCD955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.152 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD955
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -15.13, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 65.13, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0468 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.152 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.9696, 65.4989, 18.2868)
Luminance	0.6550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD955 #5558DC

analogous

#DC9655 #DCD955 #9BDC55

triadic

#DCD955 #55DCD9 #D955DC

tetradic

#DCD955 #55DC96 #5558DC #DC559B

square

#DCD955 #55DC96 #5558DC #DC559B

split-complementary

#DCD955 #559BDC #9655DC

monochromatic

#97951F #CAC72A #DCD955 #E6E488 #F1F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DCD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD955

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD955	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.152 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48a',
    500: '#dcd955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd955;
$custom-light: #eae48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86323,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.65497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD955

secondary

#393C9C

accent

#43E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD955

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

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