#DCC356#DCC356

#DCC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.131 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC356
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -3.93, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 56.80, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0147 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.131 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7122, 54.9201, 16.7317)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC356 #566FDC

analogous

#DC8056 #DCC356 #B2DC56

triadic

#DCC356 #56DCC3 #C356DC

tetradic

#DCC356 #56DC80 #566FDC #DC56B2

square

#DCC356 #56DC80 #566FDC #DC56B2

split-complementary

#DCC356 #56B2DC #8056DC

monochromatic

#988220 #CBAD2A #DCC356 #E6D589 #F1E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DCC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC356

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC356	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.131 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48a',
    500: '#dcc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc356;
$custom-light: #ead48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81762,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC356

secondary

#3A4C9C

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC356

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

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