#DCD256#DCD256

#DCD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.144 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD256
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -11.57, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 62.03, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0365 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.144 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2434, 61.9826, 17.9088)
Luminance	0.6198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD256 #5660DC

analogous

#DC8F56 #DCD256 #A3DC56

triadic

#DCD256 #56DCD2 #D256DC

tetradic

#DCD256 #56DC8F #5660DC #DC56A3

square

#DCD256 #56DC8F #5660DC #DC56A3

split-complementary

#DCD256 #56A3DC #8F56DC

monochromatic

#988F20 #CBBF2A #DCD256 #E6DF89 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DCD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD256

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD256	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.144 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf8b',
    500: '#dcd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd256;
$custom-light: #eadf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84864,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD256

secondary

#3A419C

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD256

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

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