#DCD771#DCD771

#DCD771 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.125 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD771
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -11.99, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 51.91, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0349 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.125 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7977, 65.0103, 25.1759)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD771 #7176DC

analogous

#DCA171 #DCD771 #ACDC71

triadic

#DCD771 #71DCD7 #D771DC

tetradic

#DCD771 #71DCA1 #7176DC #DC71AC

square

#DCD771 #71DCA1 #7176DC #DC71AC

split-complementary

#DCD771 #71ACDC #A171DC

monochromatic

#A9A32A #D0C940 #DCD771 #E8E5A2 #F4F3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DCD771 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD771

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD771	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.125 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39c',
    500: '#dcd771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd771;
$custom-light: #e9e39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86212,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD771

secondary

#464AAC

accent

#25C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD771

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

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