#DCC456#DCC456

#DCC456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC456
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -4.44, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 57.12, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0162 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.9370, 55.3697, 16.8067)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC456 #566EDC

analogous

#DC8156 #DCC456 #B1DC56

triadic

#DCC456 #56DCC4 #C456DC

tetradic

#DCC456 #56DC81 #566EDC #DC56B1

square

#DCC456 #56DC81 #566EDC #DC56B1

split-complementary

#DCC456 #56B1DC #8156DC

monochromatic

#988320 #CBAE2A #DCC456 #E6D689 #F1E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DCC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC456

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC456	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58a',
    500: '#dcc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc456;
$custom-light: #ead58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81967,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC456

secondary

#3A4B9C

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC456

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

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