#DCDA55#DCDA55

#DCDA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.153 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA55
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -15.63, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 65.52, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0482 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.153 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2281, 66.0160, 18.3730)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA55 #5557DC

analogous

#DC9655 #DCDA55 #9BDC55

triadic

#DCDA55 #55DCDA #DA55DC

tetradic

#DCDA55 #55DC96 #5557DC #DC559B

square

#DCDA55 #55DC96 #5557DC #DC559B

split-complementary

#DCDA55 #559BDC #9655DC

monochromatic

#97961F #CAC82A #DCDA55 #E6E588 #F1F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DCDA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA55

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA55	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.153 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58b',
    500: '#dcda55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda55;
$custom-light: #eae58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86534,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA55

secondary

#393B9C

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA55

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

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