#DCD277#DCD277

#DCD277 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.113 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD277
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -8.92, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 46.96, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0255 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.113 103)
XYZ	xyz(55.8929, 62.6424, 26.5961)
Luminance	0.6264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD277 #7781DC

analogous

#DCA077 #DCD277 #B4DC77

triadic

#DCD277 #77DCD2 #D277DC

tetradic

#DCD277 #77DCA0 #7781DC #DC77B4

square

#DCD277 #77DCA0 #7781DC #DC77B4

split-complementary

#DCD277 #77B4DC #A077DC

monochromatic

#ACA02C #CFC246 #DCD277 #E9E2A8 #F5F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DCD277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD277

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD277	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.113 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfa0',
    500: '#dcd277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd277;
$custom-light: #e9dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85254,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.62641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD277

secondary

#4853AF

accent

#2FC71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD277

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

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