#DCD379#DCD379

#DCD379 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.112 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD379
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -9.23, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 46.41, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0262 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.112 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2619, 63.1863, 27.3179)
Luminance	0.6319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD379 #7982DC

analogous

#DCA179 #DCD379 #B4DC79

triadic

#DCD379 #79DCD3 #D379DC

tetradic

#DCD379 #79DCA1 #7982DC #DC79B4

square

#DCD379 #79DCA1 #7982DC #DC79B4

split-complementary

#DCD379 #79B4DC #A179DC

monochromatic

#ADA22D #CFC348 #DCD379 #E9E3AA #F5F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DCD379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD379

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD379	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.112 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0a1',
    500: '#dcd379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd379;
$custom-light: #e8e0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8549,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD379

secondary

#4A53B0

accent

#2EC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD379

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

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