#DCC656#DCC656

#DCC656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC656
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -5.47, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 57.78, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0191 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3911, 56.2780, 16.9581)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC656 #566CDC

analogous

#DC8356 #DCC656 #AFDC56

triadic

#DCC656 #56DCC6 #C656DC

tetradic

#DCC656 #56DC83 #566CDC #DC56AF

square

#DCC656 #56DC83 #566CDC #DC56AF

split-complementary

#DCC656 #56AFDC #8356DC

monochromatic

#988420 #CBB02A #DCC656 #E6D789 #F1E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DCC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC656

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC656	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78a',
    500: '#dcc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc656;
$custom-light: #ead78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82377,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC656

secondary

#3A4A9C

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC656

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

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