#DCD178#DCD178

#DCD178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.111 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD178
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -8.32, 45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 46.07, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0236 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.111 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7072, 62.1743, 26.8320)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD178 #7883DC

analogous

#DC9F78 #DCD178 #B5DC78

triadic

#DCD178 #78DCD1 #D178DC

tetradic

#DCD178 #78DC9F #7883DC #DC78B5

square

#DCD178 #78DC9F #7883DC #DC78B5

split-complementary

#DCD178 #78B5DC #9F78DC

monochromatic

#AD9F2D #CFC047 #DCD178 #E9E2A9 #F5F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DCD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD178

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD178	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)

#DFCC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.111 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea0',
    500: '#dcd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd178;
$custom-light: #e8dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85062,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD178

secondary

#4954AF

accent

#31C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD178

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

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