#DCD372#DCD372

#DCD372 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.120 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD372
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -9.89, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 49.77, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0287 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.12 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8482, 63.0208, 25.1387)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD372 #727BDC

analogous

#DC9E72 #DCD372 #B0DC72

triadic

#DCD372 #72DCD3 #D372DC

tetradic

#DCD372 #72DC9E #727BDC #DC72B0

square

#DCD372 #72DC9E #727BDC #DC72B0

split-complementary

#DCD372 #72B0DC #9E72DC

monochromatic

#AA9F2A #D0C441 #DCD372 #E8E2A3 #F4F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DCD372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD372

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD372	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.120 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09c',
    500: '#dcd372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd372;
$custom-light: #e9e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85393,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD372

secondary

#464FAC

accent

#2CC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD372

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

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