#DCC378#DCC378

#DCC378 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.099 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC378
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -1.11, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 40.82, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0028 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.099 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4220, 55.6041, 25.7370)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC378 #7891DC

analogous

#DC9178 #DCC378 #C3DC78

triadic

#DCC378 #78DCC3 #C378DC

tetradic

#DCC378 #78DC91 #7891DC #DC78C3

square

#DCC378 #78DC91 #7891DC #DC78C3

split-complementary

#DCC378 #78C3DC #9178DC

monochromatic

#AD8D2D #CFAD47 #DCC378 #E9D9A9 #F5EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DCC378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC378

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC378	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.099 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5a0',
    500: '#dcc378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc378;
$custom-light: #e9d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82199,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC378

secondary

#4963AF

accent

#49C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC378

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

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