#DCD56E#DCD56E

#DCD56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.126 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD56E
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -11.25, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 52.48, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0331 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.126 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1254, 63.9316, 24.1324)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD56E #6E75DC

analogous

#DC9E6E #DCD56E #ACDC6E

triadic

#DCD56E #6EDCD5 #D56EDC

tetradic

#DCD56E #6EDC9E #6E75DC #DC6EAC

square

#DCD56E #6EDC9E #6E75DC #DC6EAC

split-complementary

#DCD56E #6EACDC #9E6EDC

monochromatic

#A79F28 #D0C73D #DCD56E #E8E39F #F4F2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#DCD56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD56E

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD56E	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.126 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19a',
    500: '#dcd56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd56e;
$custom-light: #e9e19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85756,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD56E

secondary

#444BAA

accent

#28C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD56E

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

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