#DCD17E#DCD17E

#DCD17E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.105 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD17E
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 126)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -7.72, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 43.14, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0214 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.105 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0828, 62.3246, 28.8102)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD17E #7E89DC

analogous

#DCA27E #DCD17E #B8DC7E

triadic

#DCD17E #7EDCD1 #D17EDC

tetradic

#DCD17E #7EDCA2 #7E89DC #DC7EB8

square

#DCD17E #7EDCA2 #7E89DC #DC7EB8

split-complementary

#DCD17E #7EB8DC #A27EDC

monochromatic

#B0A130 #CFC04E #DCD17E #E9E2AE #F6F3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DCD17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD17E

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD17E	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)

#DFCC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.105 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea4',
    500: '#dcd17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd17e;
$custom-light: #e8dea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85151,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD17E

secondary

#4C58B2

accent

#34C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD17E

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

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