#DCD173#DCD173

#DCD173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.117 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD173
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -8.79, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 48.48, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0255 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.117 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4116, 62.0561, 25.2755)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD173 #737EDC

analogous

#DC9C73 #DCD173 #B2DC73

triadic

#DCD173 #73DCD1 #D173DC

tetradic

#DCD173 #73DC9C #737EDC #DC73B2

square

#DCD173 #73DC9C #737EDC #DC73B2

split-complementary

#DCD173 #73B2DC #9C73DC

monochromatic

#AA9D2B #D0C142 #DCD173 #E8E1A4 #F4F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#DCD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD173

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD173	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)

#E0CB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.117 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9d',
    500: '#dcd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd173;
$custom-light: #e9de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84992,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD173

secondary

#4751AD

accent

#30C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD173

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

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