#DCD679#DCD679

#DCD679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.116 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD679
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -10.75, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 47.67, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0305 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.116 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0142, 64.6908, 27.5687)
Luminance	0.6469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD679 #797FDC

analogous

#DCA579 #DCD679 #B1DC79

triadic

#DCD679 #79DCD6 #D679DC

tetradic

#DCD679 #79DCA5 #797FDC #DC79B1

square

#DCD679 #79DCA5 #797FDC #DC79B1

split-complementary

#DCD679 #79B1DC #A579DC

monochromatic

#ADA62D #CFC748 #DCD679 #E9E5AA #F5F4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DCD679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD679

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD679	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.116 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2a1',
    500: '#dcd679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd679;
$custom-light: #e8e2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86112,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD679

secondary

#4A50B0

accent

#29C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD679

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

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