#DCD578#DCD578

#DCD578 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.116 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD578
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -10.34, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 47.73, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0294 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.116 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.7009, 64.1618, 27.1633)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD578 #787FDC

analogous

#DCA378 #DCD578 #B1DC78

triadic

#DCD578 #78DCD5 #D578DC

tetradic

#DCD578 #78DCA3 #787FDC #DC78B1

square

#DCD578 #78DCA3 #787FDC #DC78B1

split-complementary

#DCD578 #78B1DC #A378DC

monochromatic

#ADA42D #CFC647 #DCD578 #E9E4A9 #F5F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DCD578 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD578

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD578	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)

#E3CF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.116 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a1',
    500: '#dcd578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd578;
$custom-light: #e8e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8589,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD578

secondary

#4950AF

accent

#2BC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD578

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

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