#DCD072#DCD072

#DCD072 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.117 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD072
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -8.37, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 48.56, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0244 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.117 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1098, 61.5441, 24.8925)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD072 #727EDC

analogous

#DC9B72 #DCD072 #B3DC72

triadic

#DCD072 #72DCD0 #D072DC

tetradic

#DCD072 #72DC9B #727EDC #DC72B3

square

#DCD072 #72DC9B #727EDC #DC72B3

split-complementary

#DCD072 #72B3DC #9B72DC

monochromatic

#AA9B2A #D0C041 #DCD072 #E8E0A3 #F4F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#DCD072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD072

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD072	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.117 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9c',
    500: '#dcd072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd072;
$custom-light: #e9de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84771,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD072

secondary

#4652AC

accent

#31C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD072

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

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