#DCD656#DCD656

#DCD656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.148 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD656
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -13.58, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 63.55, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0422 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.148 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2433, 63.9824, 18.2421)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD656 #565CDC

analogous

#DC9356 #DCD656 #9FDC56

triadic

#DCD656 #56DCD6 #D656DC

tetradic

#DCD656 #56DC93 #565CDC #DC569F

square

#DCD656 #56DC93 #565CDC #DC569F

split-complementary

#DCD656 #569FDC #9356DC

monochromatic

#989320 #CBC42A #DCD656 #E6E289 #F1EFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DCD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD656

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD656	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.148 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28b',
    500: '#dcd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd656;
$custom-light: #eae28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85701,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD656

secondary

#3A3E9C

accent

#47E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD656

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

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