#DCD478#DCD478

#DCD478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.115 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD478
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -9.84, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 47.31, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.028 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.115 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4501, 63.6603, 27.0797)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD478 #7880DC

analogous

#DCA278 #DCD478 #B2DC78

triadic

#DCD478 #78DCD4 #D478DC

tetradic

#DCD478 #78DCA2 #7880DC #DC78B2

square

#DCD478 #78DCA2 #7880DC #DC78B2

split-complementary

#DCD478 #78B2DC #A278DC

monochromatic

#ADA32D #CFC547 #DCD478 #E9E3A9 #F5F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DCD478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD478

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD478	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)

#E2CE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.115 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a1',
    500: '#dcd478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd478;
$custom-light: #e8e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85683,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD478

secondary

#4951AF

accent

#2CC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD478

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

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