#DCD356#DCD356

#DCD356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.145 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD356
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -12.08, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 62.41, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.038 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.145 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4911, 62.4779, 17.9914)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD356 #565FDC

analogous

#DC9056 #DCD356 #A2DC56

triadic

#DCD356 #56DCD3 #D356DC

tetradic

#DCD356 #56DC90 #565FDC #DC56A2

square

#DCD356 #56DC90 #565FDC #DC56A2

split-complementary

#DCD356 #56A2DC #9056DC

monochromatic

#989020 #CBC02A #DCD356 #E6E089 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD356

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD356	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.145 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08b',
    500: '#dcd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd356;
$custom-light: #eae08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85073,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD356

secondary

#3A409C

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD356

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

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