#DCD272#DCD272

#DCD272 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.119 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD272
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -9.38, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 49.36, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0273 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.119 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6005, 62.5255, 25.0561)
Luminance	0.6252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD272 #727CDC

analogous

#DC9D72 #DCD272 #B1DC72

triadic

#DCD272 #72DCD2 #D272DC

tetradic

#DCD272 #72DC9D #727CDC #DC72B1

square

#DCD272 #72DC9D #727CDC #DC72B1

split-complementary

#DCD272 #72B1DC #9D72DC

monochromatic

#AA9D2A #D0C241 #DCD272 #E8E2A3 #F4F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD272

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD272	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)

#E1CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.119 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9c',
    500: '#dcd272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd272;
$custom-light: #e9df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85185,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD272

secondary

#4650AC

accent

#2EC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD272

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

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