#DCD556#DCD556

#DCD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.147 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD556
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -13.08, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 63.17, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0408 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.147 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9910, 63.4778, 18.1580)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD556 #565DDC

analogous

#DC9256 #DCD556 #A0DC56

triadic

#DCD556 #56DCD5 #D556DC

tetradic

#DCD556 #56DC92 #565DDC #DC56A0

square

#DCD556 #56DC92 #565DDC #DC56A0

split-complementary

#DCD556 #56A0DC #9256DC

monochromatic

#989220 #CBC22A #DCD556 #E6E289 #F1EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD556

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD556	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.147 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18b',
    500: '#dcd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd556;
$custom-light: #eae18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85491,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD556

secondary

#3A3F9C

accent

#48E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD556

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

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