#DCD170#DCD170

#DCD170 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.120 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD170
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 49.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -9.06, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 49.91, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0265 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.12 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2418, 61.9882, 24.3811)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD170 #707BDC

analogous

#DC9B70 #DCD170 #B1DC70

triadic

#DCD170 #70DCD1 #D170DC

tetradic

#DCD170 #70DC9B #707BDC #DC70B1

square

#DCD170 #70DC9B #707BDC #DC70B1

split-complementary

#DCD170 #70B1DC #9B70DC

monochromatic

#A89B29 #D0C13F #DCD170 #E8E1A1 #F4F1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DCD170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD170

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD170	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.120 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9b',
    500: '#dcd170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd170;
$custom-light: #e9de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84951,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD170

secondary

#454FAB

accent

#2FC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD170

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

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