#DCD56B#DCD56B

#DCD56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; 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	#DCD56B
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -11.51, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 53.88, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0341 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.129 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9648, 63.8673, 23.2867)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD56B #6B72DC

analogous

#DC9D6B #DCD56B #ABDC6B

triadic

#DCD56B #6BDCD5 #D56BDC

tetradic

#DCD56B #6BDC9D #6B72DC #DC6BAB

square

#DCD56B #6BDC9D #6B72DC #DC6BAB

split-complementary

#DCD56B #6BABDC #9D6BDC

monochromatic

#A59E27 #D0C73A #DCD56B #E8E39C #F3F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DCD56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD56B

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD56B	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	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)

#E4CE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.129 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e198',
    500: '#dcd56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd56b;
$custom-light: #e9e198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85719,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD56B

secondary

#4349A8

accent

#27C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD56B

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

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