#DCD079#DCD079

#DCD079 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD079
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -7.71, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 45.17, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0218 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5236, 61.7096, 27.0718)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD079 #7985DC

analogous

#DC9F79 #DCD079 #B7DC79

triadic

#DCD079 #79DCD0 #D079DC

tetradic

#DCD079 #79DC9F #7985DC #DC79B7

square

#DCD079 #79DC9F #7985DC #DC79B7

split-complementary

#DCD079 #79B7DC #9F79DC

monochromatic

#AD9E2D #CFBF48 #DCD079 #E9E1AA #F5F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DCD079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD079

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD079	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)

#DECB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea1',
    500: '#dcd079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd079;
$custom-light: #e8dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8487,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD079

secondary

#4A56B0

accent

#34C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD079

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

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