#DCD156#DCD156

#DCD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.143 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD156
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -11.07, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 61.66, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0351 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.143 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9973, 61.4904, 17.8268)
Luminance	0.6149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD156 #5661DC

analogous

#DC8E56 #DCD156 #A4DC56

triadic

#DCD156 #56DCD1 #D156DC

tetradic

#DCD156 #56DC8E #5661DC #DC56A4

square

#DCD156 #56DC8E #5661DC #DC56A4

split-complementary

#DCD156 #56A4DC #8E56DC

monochromatic

#988E20 #CBBE2A #DCD156 #E6DF89 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DCD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD156

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD156	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.143 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8b',
    500: '#dcd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd156;
$custom-light: #eade8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84655,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD156

secondary

#3A429C

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD156

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

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