#DCD271#DCD271

#DCD271 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD271
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -9.47, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 49.84, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0276 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5439, 62.5028, 24.7580)
Luminance	0.6250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD271 #717BDC

analogous

#DC9D71 #DCD271 #B0DC71

triadic

#DCD271 #71DCD2 #D271DC

tetradic

#DCD271 #71DC9D #717BDC #DC71B0

square

#DCD271 #71DC9D #717BDC #DC71B0

split-complementary

#DCD271 #71B0DC #9D71DC

monochromatic

#A99D2A #D0C240 #DCD271 #E8E2A2 #F4F1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD271

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD271	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9c',
    500: '#dcd271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd271;
$custom-light: #e9df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85172,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD271

secondary

#464FAC

accent

#2DC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD271

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

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