#DCDA56#DCDA56

#DCDA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.152 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA56
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -15.57, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 65.11, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0479 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.152 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2681, 66.0320, 18.5837)
Luminance	0.6603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA56 #5658DC

analogous

#DC9756 #DCDA56 #9BDC56

triadic

#DCDA56 #56DCDA #DA56DC

tetradic

#DCDA56 #56DC97 #5658DC #DC569B

square

#DCDA56 #56DC97 #5658DC #DC569B

split-complementary

#DCDA56 #569BDC #9756DC

monochromatic

#989620 #CBC82A #DCDA56 #E6E589 #F1F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DCDA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA56

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA56	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.152 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58b',
    500: '#dcda56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda56;
$custom-light: #eae58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86543,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA56

secondary

#3A3B9C

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA56

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

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