#DCD17C#DCD17C

#DCD17C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD17C
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 43.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -7.92, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 44.12, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0221 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9550, 62.2735, 28.1373)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD17C #7C87DC

analogous

#DCA17C #DCD17C #B7DC7C

triadic

#DCD17C #7CDCD1 #D17CDC

tetradic

#DCD17C #7CDCA1 #7C87DC #DC7CB7

square

#DCD17C #7CDCA1 #7C87DC #DC7CB7

split-complementary

#DCD17C #7CB7DC #A17CDC

monochromatic

#AFA02F #CFC04C #DCD17C #E9E2AC #F6F3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DCD17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD17C

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD17C	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)

#DFCC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea3',
    500: '#dcd17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd17c;
$custom-light: #e8dea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85121,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD17C

secondary

#4B57B1

accent

#33C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD17C

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

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