#DCD456#DCD456

#DCD456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.146 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD456
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -12.58, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 62.79, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0394 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.146 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7403, 62.9763, 18.0744)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD456 #565EDC

analogous

#DC9156 #DCD456 #A1DC56

triadic

#DCD456 #56DCD4 #D456DC

tetradic

#DCD456 #56DC91 #565EDC #DC56A1

square

#DCD456 #56DC91 #565EDC #DC56A1

split-complementary

#DCD456 #56A1DC #9156DC

monochromatic

#989120 #CBC12A #DCD456 #E6E189 #F1EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DCD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD456

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD456	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.146 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18b',
    500: '#dcd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd456;
$custom-light: #eae18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85282,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD456

secondary

#3A409C

accent

#49E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD456

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

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