#DCC856#DCC856

#DCC856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC856
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -6.50, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 58.45, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0221 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8513, 57.1983, 17.1114)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC856 #566ADC

analogous

#DC8556 #DCC856 #ADDC56

triadic

#DCC856 #56DCC8 #C856DC

tetradic

#DCC856 #56DC85 #566ADC #DC56AD

square

#DCC856 #56DC85 #566ADC #DC56AD

split-complementary

#DCC856 #56ADDC #8556DC

monochromatic

#988620 #CBB32A #DCC856 #E6D989 #F1E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DCC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC856

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC856	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88a',
    500: '#dcc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc856;
$custom-light: #ead88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82788,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC856

secondary

#3A499C

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC856

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

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