#DCD577#DCD577

#DCD577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.117 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD577
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -10.44, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 48.21, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0298 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.117 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6405, 64.1376, 26.8453)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD577 #777EDC

analogous

#DCA377 #DCD577 #B1DC77

triadic

#DCD577 #77DCD5 #D577DC

tetradic

#DCD577 #77DCA3 #777EDC #DC77B1

square

#DCD577 #77DCA3 #777EDC #DC77B1

split-complementary

#DCD577 #77B1DC #A377DC

monochromatic

#ACA32C #CFC646 #DCD577 #E9E4A8 #F5F3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DCD577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD577

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD577	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.117 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a0',
    500: '#dcd577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd577;
$custom-light: #e9e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85876,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD577

secondary

#4850AF

accent

#2AC71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD577

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

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