#DCD17F#DCD17F

#DCD17F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.104 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD17F
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 127)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -7.62, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 42.64, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.021 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.104 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1476, 62.3505, 29.1517)
Luminance	0.6235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD17F #7F8ADC

analogous

#DCA27F #DCD17F #B8DC7F

triadic

#DCD17F #7FDCD1 #D17FDC

tetradic

#DCD17F #7FDCA2 #7F8ADC #DC7FB8

square

#DCD17F #7FDCA2 #7F8ADC #DC7FB8

split-complementary

#DCD17F #7FB8DC #A27FDC

monochromatic

#B0A130 #CFC04F #DCD17F #E9E2AF #F6F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD17F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DCD17F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD17F

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD17F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD17F	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd17f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.104 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea5',
    500: '#dcd17f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd17f;
$custom-light: #e8dea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd17f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85166,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD17F

secondary

#4D59B2

accent

#34C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD17F

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

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