#DCD479#DCD479

#DCD479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.113 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD479
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -9.74, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 46.83, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0276 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.113 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5111, 63.6847, 27.4010)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD479 #7981DC

analogous

#DCA379 #DCD479 #B2DC79

triadic

#DCD479 #79DCD4 #D479DC

tetradic

#DCD479 #79DCA3 #7981DC #DC79B2

square

#DCD479 #79DCA3 #7981DC #DC79B2

split-complementary

#DCD479 #79B2DC #A379DC

monochromatic

#ADA32D #CFC448 #DCD479 #E9E4AA #F5F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DCD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD479

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD479	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.113 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a1',
    500: '#dcd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd479;
$custom-light: #e8e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85697,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD479

secondary

#4A52B0

accent

#2DC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD479

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

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