#DCD176#DCD176

#DCD176 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.113 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD176
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 118)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 46.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -8.51, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 47.04, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0244 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.113 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5871, 62.1263, 26.1995)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD176 #7681DC

analogous

#DC9E76 #DCD176 #B4DC76

triadic

#DCD176 #76DCD1 #D176DC

tetradic

#DCD176 #76DC9E #7681DC #DC76B4

square

#DCD176 #76DC9E #7681DC #DC76B4

split-complementary

#DCD176 #76B4DC #9E76DC

monochromatic

#AC9E2C #D0C145 #DCD176 #E8E1A7 #F5F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DCD176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD176

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD176	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.113 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9f',
    500: '#dcd176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd176;
$custom-light: #e9de9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85033,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD176

secondary

#4853AE

accent

#31C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD176

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

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