#DCD56D#DCD56D

#DCD56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.127 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD56D
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -11.34, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 52.95, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0334 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.127 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0713, 63.9099, 23.8472)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD56D #6D74DC

analogous

#DC9E6D #DCD56D #ACDC6D

triadic

#DCD56D #6DDCD5 #D56DDC

tetradic

#DCD56D #6DDC9E #6D74DC #DC6DAC

square

#DCD56D #6DDC9E #6D74DC #DC6DAC

split-complementary

#DCD56D #6DACDC #9E6DDC

monochromatic

#A79F28 #D0C73C #DCD56D #E8E39E #F4F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DCD56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD56D

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD56D	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.127 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e199',
    500: '#dcd56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd56d;
$custom-light: #e9e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85744,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD56D

secondary

#444AAA

accent

#27C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD56D

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

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