#DCD175#DCD175

#DCD175 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.115 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD175
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 117)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 46.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -8.60, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 47.52, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0247 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.115 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5280, 62.1027, 25.8882)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD175 #7580DC

analogous

#DC9D75 #DCD175 #B3DC75

triadic

#DCD175 #75DCD1 #D175DC

tetradic

#DCD175 #75DC9D #7580DC #DC75B3

square

#DCD175 #75DC9D #7580DC #DC75B3

split-complementary

#DCD175 #75B3DC #9D75DC

monochromatic

#AB9E2B #D0C144 #DCD175 #E8E1A6 #F5F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DCD175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD175

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD175	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.115 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9e',
    500: '#dcd175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd175;
$custom-light: #e9de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.592,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85019,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD175

secondary

#4852AE

accent

#30C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD175

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

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