#DCDD56#DCDD56

#DCDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.155 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD56
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.81, -17.05, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.81, 66.30, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0521 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.155 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0531, 67.6020, 18.8454)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD56 #5756DD

analogous

#DD9A56 #DCDD56 #99DD56

triadic

#DCDD56 #56DCDD #DD56DC

tetradic

#DCDD56 #56DD9A #5756DD #DD5699

square

#DCDD56 #56DD9A #5756DD #DD5699

split-complementary

#DCDD56 #5699DD #9A56DD

monochromatic

#999A1F #CBCD29 #DCDD56 #E7E789 #F1F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DCDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD56

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD56	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.155 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78b',
    500: '#dcdd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd56;
$custom-light: #eae78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87177,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD56

secondary

#3A3A9E

accent

#17CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD56

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

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