#DCD171#DCD171

#DCD171 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.119 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD171
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -8.97, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 49.43, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0262 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.119 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2978, 62.0106, 24.6759)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD171 #717CDC

analogous

#DC9C71 #DCD171 #B1DC71

triadic

#DCD171 #71DCD1 #D171DC

tetradic

#DCD171 #71DC9C #717CDC #DC71B1

square

#DCD171 #71DC9C #717CDC #DC71B1

split-complementary

#DCD171 #71B1DC #9C71DC

monochromatic

#A99C2A #D0C140 #DCD171 #E8E1A2 #F4F1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DCD171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD171

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD171	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)

#E0CB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.119 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9c',
    500: '#dcd171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd171;
$custom-light: #e9de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84965,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD171

secondary

#4650AC

accent

#2FC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD171

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

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