#DCC978#DCC978

#DCC978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.104 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC978
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -4.22, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 42.94, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0118 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.104 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7935, 58.3470, 26.1941)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC978 #788BDC

analogous

#DC9778 #DCC978 #BDDC78

triadic

#DCC978 #78DCC9 #C978DC

tetradic

#DCC978 #78DC97 #788BDC #DC78BD

square

#DCC978 #78DC97 #788BDC #DC78BD

split-complementary

#DCC978 #78BDDC #9778DC

monochromatic

#AD942D #CFB647 #DCC978 #E9DCA9 #F5F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DCC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC978

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC978	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.104 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a0',
    500: '#dcc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc978;
$custom-light: #e8d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83419,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC978

secondary

#495CAF

accent

#3FC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC978

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

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