#DCD278#DCD278

#DCD278 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.112 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD278
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -8.82, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 46.48, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0251 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.112 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9533, 62.6666, 26.9141)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD278 #7882DC

analogous

#DCA078 #DCD278 #B4DC78

triadic

#DCD278 #78DCD2 #D278DC

tetradic

#DCD278 #78DCA0 #7882DC #DC78B4

square

#DCD278 #78DCA0 #7882DC #DC78B4

split-complementary

#DCD278 #78B4DC #A078DC

monochromatic

#ADA02D #CFC247 #DCD278 #E9E2A9 #F5F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DCD278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD278

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD278	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)

#E0CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.112 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa0',
    500: '#dcd278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd278;
$custom-light: #e8dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85269,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD278

secondary

#4953AF

accent

#30C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD278

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

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