#DCD177#DCD177

#DCD177 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.112 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD177
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -8.41, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 46.55, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.024 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.112 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6468, 62.1502, 26.5141)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD177 #7782DC

analogous

#DC9F77 #DCD177 #B5DC77

triadic

#DCD177 #77DCD1 #D177DC

tetradic

#DCD177 #77DC9F #7782DC #DC77B5

square

#DCD177 #77DC9F #7782DC #DC77B5

split-complementary

#DCD177 #77B5DC #9F77DC

monochromatic

#AC9E2C #CFC146 #DCD177 #E9E1A8 #F5F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DCD177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD177

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD177	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)

#E0CC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.112 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dea0',
    500: '#dcd177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd177;
$custom-light: #e9dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85048,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD177

secondary

#4854AF

accent

#31C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD177

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

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