#DCD17B#DCD17B

#DCD17B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.108 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD17B
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 44.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -8.02, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 44.61, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0225 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.108 102)
XYZ	xyz(55.8921, 62.2483, 27.8060)
Luminance	0.6225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD17B #7B86DC

analogous

#DCA17B #DCD17B #B7DC7B

triadic

#DCD17B #7BDCD1 #D17BDC

tetradic

#DCD17B #7BDCA1 #7B86DC #DC7BB7

square

#DCD17B #7BDCA1 #7B86DC #DC7BB7

split-complementary

#DCD17B #7BB7DC #A17BDC

monochromatic

#AEA02E #CFC04B #DCD17B #E9E2AB #F6F3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DCD17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD17B

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD17B	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.108 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea2',
    500: '#dcd17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd17b;
$custom-light: #e8dea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.196,
    "s": 58.084,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85106,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.62247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD17B

secondary

#4B56B1

accent

#33C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD17B

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

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