#DCC756#DCC756

#DCC756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC756
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -5.99, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 58.11, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0206 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6204, 56.7366, 17.0345)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC756 #566BDC

analogous

#DC8456 #DCC756 #AEDC56

triadic

#DCC756 #56DCC7 #C756DC

tetradic

#DCC756 #56DC84 #566BDC #DC56AE

square

#DCC756 #56DC84 #566BDC #DC56AE

split-complementary

#DCC756 #56AEDC #8456DC

monochromatic

#988520 #CBB22A #DCC756 #E6D889 #F1E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DCC756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC756

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC756	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78a',
    500: '#dcc756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc756;
$custom-light: #ead78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82583,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC756

secondary

#3A499C

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC756

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

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