#DCD172#DCD172

#DCD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.118 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD172
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -8.88, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 48.96, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0258 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.118 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3544, 62.0332, 24.9741)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD172 #727DDC

analogous

#DC9C72 #DCD172 #B2DC72

triadic

#DCD172 #72DCD1 #D172DC

tetradic

#DCD172 #72DC9C #727DDC #DC72B2

square

#DCD172 #72DC9C #727DDC #DC72B2

split-complementary

#DCD172 #72B2DC #9C72DC

monochromatic

#AA9C2A #D0C141 #DCD172 #E8E1A3 #F4F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#DCD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD172

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD172	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.118 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9c',
    500: '#dcd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd172;
$custom-light: #e9de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84978,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD172

secondary

#4651AC

accent

#2FC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD172

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

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