#DCC056#DCC056

#DCC056 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.129 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC056
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -2.37, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 55.85, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0102 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.129 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0467, 53.5893, 16.5099)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC056 #5672DC

analogous

#DC7D56 #DCC056 #B5DC56

triadic

#DCC056 #56DCC0 #C056DC

tetradic

#DCC056 #56DC7D #5672DC #DC56B5

square

#DCC056 #56DC7D #5672DC #DC56B5

split-complementary

#DCC056 #56B5DC #7D56DC

monochromatic

#987F20 #CBA92A #DCC056 #E6D389 #F1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#DCC056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC056

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC056	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.129 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead289',
    500: '#dcc056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc056;
$custom-light: #ead289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8115,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC056

secondary

#3A4E9C

accent

#63E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC056

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

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