#DCCA56#DCCA56

#DCCA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA56
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -7.52, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 59.14, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.025 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3175, 58.1308, 17.2669)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA56 #5668DC

analogous

#DC8756 #DCCA56 #ABDC56

triadic

#DCCA56 #56DCCA #CA56DC

tetradic

#DCCA56 #56DC87 #5668DC #DC56AB

square

#DCCA56 #56DC87 #5668DC #DC56AB

split-complementary

#DCCA56 #56ABDC #8756DC

monochromatic

#988820 #CBB52A #DCCA56 #E6DA89 #F1EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DCCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA56

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA56	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98a',
    500: '#dcca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca56;
$custom-light: #ead98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83201,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA56

secondary

#3A479C

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA56

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

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