#DCD579#DCD579

#DCD579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.115 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD579
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -10.25, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 47.25, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0291 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.115 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7619, 64.1862, 27.4846)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD579 #7980DC

analogous

#DCA479 #DCD579 #B1DC79

triadic

#DCD579 #79DCD5 #D579DC

tetradic

#DCD579 #79DCA4 #7980DC #DC79B1

square

#DCD579 #79DCA4 #7980DC #DC79B1

split-complementary

#DCD579 #79B1DC #A479DC

monochromatic

#ADA42D #CFC648 #DCD579 #E9E4AA #F5F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#DCD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD579

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD579	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.115 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a1',
    500: '#dcd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd579;
$custom-light: #e8e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85905,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD579

secondary

#4A51B0

accent

#2BC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD579

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

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