#DCD56F#DCD56F

#DCD56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.125 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD56F
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -11.17, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 52.01, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0327 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.125 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1801, 63.9535, 24.4207)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD56F #6F76DC

analogous

#DC9F6F #DCD56F #ACDC6F

triadic

#DCD56F #6FDCD5 #D56FDC

tetradic

#DCD56F #6FDC9F #6F76DC #DC6FAC

square

#DCD56F #6FDC9F #6F76DC #DC6FAC

split-complementary

#DCD56F #6FACDC #9F6FDC

monochromatic

#A8A029 #D0C73E #DCD56F #E8E3A0 #F4F2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#DCD56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD56F

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD56F	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)

#E4CF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.125 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19b',
    500: '#dcd56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd56f;
$custom-light: #e9e19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85769,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD56F

secondary

#454BAB

accent

#28C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD56F

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

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