#DCD17D#DCD17D

#DCD17D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD17D
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -7.82, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 43.63, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0217 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0186, 62.2989, 28.4721)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD17D #7D88DC

analogous

#DCA27D #DCD17D #B7DC7D

triadic

#DCD17D #7DDCD1 #D17DDC

tetradic

#DCD17D #7DDCA2 #7D88DC #DC7DB7

square

#DCD17D #7DDCA2 #7D88DC #DC7DB7

split-complementary

#DCD17D #7DB7DC #A27DDC

monochromatic

#AFA12F #CFC04D #DCD17D #E9E2AD #F6F3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DCD17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD17D

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD17D	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea4',
    500: '#dcd17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd17d;
$custom-light: #e8dea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85136,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD17D

secondary

#4C57B2

accent

#33C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD17D

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

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