#DCD856#DCD856

#DCD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.150 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD856
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -14.57, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 64.32, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0451 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.15 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7526, 65.0010, 18.4119)
Luminance	0.6500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD856 #565ADC

analogous

#DC9556 #DCD856 #9DDC56

triadic

#DCD856 #56DCD8 #D856DC

tetradic

#DCD856 #56DC95 #565ADC #DC569D

square

#DCD856 #56DC95 #565ADC #DC569D

split-complementary

#DCD856 #569DDC #9556DC

monochromatic

#989420 #CBC62A #DCD856 #E6E489 #F1EFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DCD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD856

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD856	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.150 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38b',
    500: '#dcd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd856;
$custom-light: #eae38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86122,
    "c": 0.14991,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD856

secondary

#3A3D9C

accent

#44E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD856

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

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