#DCC156#DCC156

#DCC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.130 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC156
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -2.89, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 56.16, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0117 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.13 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2671, 54.0299, 16.5834)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC156 #5671DC

analogous

#DC7E56 #DCC156 #B4DC56

triadic

#DCC156 #56DCC1 #C156DC

tetradic

#DCC156 #56DC7E #5671DC #DC56B4

square

#DCC156 #56DC7E #5671DC #DC56B4

split-complementary

#DCC156 #56B4DC #7E56DC

monochromatic

#988020 #CBAA2A #DCC156 #E6D489 #F1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DCC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC156

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC156	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.130 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead389',
    500: '#dcc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc156;
$custom-light: #ead389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81354,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC156

secondary

#3A4E9C

accent

#61E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC156

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

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