#DCD17A#DCD17A

#DCD17A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.109 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD17A
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 44.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -8.12, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 45.09, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0229 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.109 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.8298, 62.2234, 27.4780)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD17A #7A85DC

analogous

#DCA07A #DCD17A #B6DC7A

triadic

#DCD17A #7ADCD1 #D17ADC

tetradic

#DCD17A #7ADCA0 #7A85DC #DC7AB6

square

#DCD17A #7ADCA0 #7A85DC #DC7AB6

split-complementary

#DCD17A #7AB6DC #A07ADC

monochromatic

#AE9F2E #CFC04A #DCD17A #E9E2AA #F6F3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DCD17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD17A

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD17A	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)

#DFCC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.109 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea2',
    500: '#dcd17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd17a;
$custom-light: #e8dea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.265,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85091,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD17A

secondary

#4A55B0

accent

#32C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD17A

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

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