#DCD056#DCD056

#DCD056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.142 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD056
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -10.57, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 61.29, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0337 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.142 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7527, 61.0012, 17.7453)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD056 #5662DC

analogous

#DC8D56 #DCD056 #A5DC56

triadic

#DCD056 #56DCD0 #D056DC

tetradic

#DCD056 #56DC8D #5662DC #DC56A5

square

#DCD056 #56DC8D #5662DC #DC56A5

split-complementary

#DCD056 #56A5DC #8D56DC

monochromatic

#988D20 #CBBC2A #DCD056 #E6DE89 #F1ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#DCD056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD056

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD056	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.142 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8a',
    500: '#dcd056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd056;
$custom-light: #eade8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84446,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD056

secondary

#3A439C

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD056

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

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