#DCD56A#DCD56A

#DCD56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.129 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD56A
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -11.59, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 54.34, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0344 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.129 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9125, 63.8464, 23.0112)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD56A #6A71DC

analogous

#DC9C6A #DCD56A #AADC6A

triadic

#DCD56A #6ADCD5 #D56ADC

tetradic

#DCD56A #6ADC9C #6A71DC #DC6AAA

square

#DCD56A #6ADC9C #6A71DC #DC6AAA

split-complementary

#DCD56A #6AAADC #9C6ADC

monochromatic

#A59D27 #D0C738 #DCD56A #E8E39C #F3F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DCD56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD56A

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD56A	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.129 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e197',
    500: '#dcd56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd56a;
$custom-light: #e9e197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85707,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD56A

secondary

#4249A8

accent

#26CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD56A

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

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