#DCCD79#DCCD79

#DCCD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.106 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCD79
RGB	rgb(220, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -6.18, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 43.98, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0174 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.106 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7991, 60.2606, 26.8303)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCD79 #7988DC

analogous

#DC9C79 #DCCD79 #BADC79

triadic

#DCCD79 #79DCCD #CD79DC

tetradic

#DCCD79 #79DC9C #7988DC #DC79BA

square

#DCCD79 #79DC9C #7988DC #DC79BA

split-complementary

#DCCD79 #79BADC #9C79DC

monochromatic

#AD9A2D #CFBB48 #DCCD79 #E9DFAA #F5F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DCCD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DCCD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCD79

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCD79	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.106 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dca1',
    500: '#dccd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccd79;
$custom-light: #e8dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84253,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCD79

secondary

#4A59B0

accent

#39C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCD79

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

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