#DCD179#DCD179

#DCD179 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.110 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD179
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -8.22, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 45.58, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0232 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.11 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7682, 62.1987, 27.1533)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD179 #7984DC

analogous

#DCA079 #DCD179 #B6DC79

triadic

#DCD179 #79DCD1 #D179DC

tetradic

#DCD179 #79DCA0 #7984DC #DC79B6

square

#DCD179 #79DCA0 #7984DC #DC79B6

split-complementary

#DCD179 #79B6DC #A079DC

monochromatic

#AD9F2D #CFC048 #DCD179 #E9E2AA #F5F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DCD179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD179

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD179	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.110 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea1',
    500: '#dcd179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd179;
$custom-light: #e8dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85076,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD179

secondary

#4A55B0

accent

#32C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD179

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

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