#DCD279#DCD279

#DCD279 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD279
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -8.73, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 45.99, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0247 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0143, 62.6910, 27.2354)
Luminance	0.6269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD279 #7983DC

analogous

#DCA179 #DCD279 #B5DC79

triadic

#DCD279 #79DCD2 #D279DC

tetradic

#DCD279 #79DCA1 #7983DC #DC79B5

square

#DCD279 #79DCA1 #7983DC #DC79B5

split-complementary

#DCD279 #79B5DC #A179DC

monochromatic

#ADA02D #CFC248 #DCD279 #E9E2AA #F5F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DCD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD279

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD279	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa1',
    500: '#dcd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd279;
$custom-light: #e8dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85283,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD279

secondary

#4A54B0

accent

#30C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD279

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

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