#DCD956#DCD956

#DCD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD956
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -15.07, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 64.72, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0465 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0096, 65.5149, 18.4975)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD956 #5659DC

analogous

#DC9656 #DCD956 #9CDC56

triadic

#DCD956 #56DCD9 #D956DC

tetradic

#DCD956 #56DC96 #5659DC #DC569C

square

#DCD956 #56DC96 #5659DC #DC569C

split-complementary

#DCD956 #569CDC #9656DC

monochromatic

#989520 #CBC72A #DCD956 #E6E489 #F1F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DCD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD956

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD956	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48b',
    500: '#dcd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd956;
$custom-light: #eae48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86332,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD956

secondary

#3A3C9C

accent

#43E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD956

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

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