#DCD078#DCD078

#DCD078 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD078
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -7.81, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 45.66, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0222 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4626, 61.6852, 26.7505)
Luminance	0.6168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD078 #7884DC

analogous

#DC9E78 #DCD078 #B6DC78

triadic

#DCD078 #78DCD0 #D078DC

tetradic

#DCD078 #78DC9E #7884DC #DC78B6

square

#DCD078 #78DC9E #7884DC #DC78B6

split-complementary

#DCD078 #78B6DC #9E78DC

monochromatic

#AD9D2D #CFBF47 #DCD078 #E9E1A9 #F5F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DCD078 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD078

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD078	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea0',
    500: '#dcd078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd078;
$custom-light: #e8dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84855,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD078

secondary

#4955AF

accent

#33C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD078

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

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