#DCCC56#DCCC56

#DCCC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC56
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -8.54, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 59.85, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0279 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7898, 59.0754, 17.4243)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC56 #5666DC

analogous

#DC8956 #DCCC56 #A9DC56

triadic

#DCCC56 #56DCCC #CC56DC

tetradic

#DCCC56 #56DC89 #5666DC #DC56A9

square

#DCCC56 #56DC89 #5666DC #DC56A9

split-complementary

#DCCC56 #56A9DC #8956DC

monochromatic

#988A20 #CBB82A #DCCC56 #E6DB89 #F1EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DCCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC56

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC56	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8a',
    500: '#dccc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc56;
$custom-light: #eadb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83615,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC56

secondary

#3A469C

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC56

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

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