#DCD477#DCD477

#DCD477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.116 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD477
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -9.93, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 47.79, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0284 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.116 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3898, 63.6361, 26.7618)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD477 #777FDC

analogous

#DCA277 #DCD477 #B2DC77

triadic

#DCD477 #77DCD4 #D477DC

tetradic

#DCD477 #77DCA2 #777FDC #DC77B2

square

#DCD477 #77DCA2 #777FDC #DC77B2

split-complementary

#DCD477 #77B2DC #A277DC

monochromatic

#ACA22C #CFC546 #DCD477 #E9E3A8 #F5F3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DCD477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD477

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD477	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.116 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a0',
    500: '#dcd477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd477;
$custom-light: #e9e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85669,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD477

secondary

#4851AF

accent

#2CC71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD477

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

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