#DCD560#DCD560

#DCD560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.139 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD560
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -12.38, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 58.86, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0378 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.139 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4225, 63.6504, 20.4304)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD560 #6067DC

analogous

#DC9760 #DCD560 #A5DC60

triadic

#DCD560 #60DCD5 #D560DC

tetradic

#DCD560 #60DC97 #6067DC #DC60A5

square

#DCD560 #60DC97 #6067DC #DC60A5

split-complementary

#DCD560 #60A5DC #9760DC

monochromatic

#9F9823 #D1C82E #DCD560 #E7E292 #F2EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DCD560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD560

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD560	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.139 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e191',
    500: '#dcd560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd560;
$custom-light: #e9e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85592,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD560

secondary

#3E44A2

accent

#24CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD560

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

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