#DCD378#DCD378

#DCD378 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.113 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD378
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -9.33, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 46.89, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0265 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.113 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2009, 63.1619, 26.9966)
Luminance	0.6316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD378 #7881DC

analogous

#DCA178 #DCD378 #B3DC78

triadic

#DCD378 #78DCD3 #D378DC

tetradic

#DCD378 #78DCA1 #7881DC #DC78B3

square

#DCD378 #78DCA1 #7881DC #DC78B3

split-complementary

#DCD378 #78B3DC #A178DC

monochromatic

#ADA12D #CFC347 #DCD378 #E9E3A9 #F5F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DCD378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD378

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD378	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.113 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0a0',
    500: '#dcd378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd378;
$custom-light: #e8e0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85476,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD378

secondary

#4952AF

accent

#2EC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD378

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

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