#DCCD56#DCCD56

#DCCD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCD56
RGB	rgb(220, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -9.05, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 60.20, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0293 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0282, 59.5522, 17.5038)
Luminance	0.5955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCD56 #5665DC

analogous

#DC8A56 #DCCD56 #A8DC56

triadic

#DCCD56 #56DCCD #CD56DC

tetradic

#DCCD56 #56DC8A #5665DC #DC56A8

square

#DCCD56 #56DC8A #5665DC #DC56A8

split-complementary

#DCCD56 #56A8DC #8A56DC

monochromatic

#988B20 #CBB92A #DCCD56 #E6DC89 #F1EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DCCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCD56

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCD56	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8a',
    500: '#dccd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccd56;
$custom-light: #eadc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83822,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCD56

secondary

#3A459C

accent

#52E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCD56

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

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