#DCC256#DCC256

#DCC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.130 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC256
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -3.41, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 56.48, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0132 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.13 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4889, 54.4735, 16.6573)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC256 #5670DC

analogous

#DC7F56 #DCC256 #B3DC56

triadic

#DCC256 #56DCC2 #C256DC

tetradic

#DCC256 #56DC7F #5670DC #DC56B3

square

#DCC256 #56DC7F #5670DC #DC56B3

split-complementary

#DCC256 #56B3DC #7F56DC

monochromatic

#988120 #CBAC2A #DCC256 #E6D489 #F1E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DCC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC256

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC256	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.130 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48a',
    500: '#dcc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc256;
$custom-light: #ead48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81558,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC256

secondary

#3A4D9C

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC256

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

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