#DCC956#DCC956

#DCC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC956
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -7.01, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 58.80, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0235 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(52.0836, 57.6630, 17.1889)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC956 #5669DC

analogous

#DC8656 #DCC956 #ACDC56

triadic

#DCC956 #56DCC9 #C956DC

tetradic

#DCC956 #56DC86 #5669DC #DC56AC

square

#DCC956 #56DC86 #5669DC #DC56AC

split-complementary

#DCC956 #56ACDC #8656DC

monochromatic

#988720 #CBB42A #DCC956 #E6D989 #F1E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DCC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC956

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC956	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98a',
    500: '#dcc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc956;
$custom-light: #ead98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82995,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.57661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC956

secondary

#3A489C

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC956

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

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