#DCDB55#DCDB55

#DCDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.154 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB55
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -16.12, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 65.91, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0496 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.154 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4882, 66.5362, 18.4597)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB55 #5556DC

analogous

#DC9855 #DCDB55 #99DC55

triadic

#DCDB55 #55DCDB #DB55DC

tetradic

#DCDB55 #55DC98 #5556DC #DC5599

square

#DCDB55 #55DC98 #5556DC #DC5599

split-complementary

#DCDB55 #5599DC #9855DC

monochromatic

#97971F #CAC92A #DCDB55 #E6E688 #F1F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DCDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB55

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB55	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.154 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58b',
    500: '#dcdb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb55;
$custom-light: #eae58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86745,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB55

secondary

#393A9C

accent

#40E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB55

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

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