#DCD772#DCD772

#DCD772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.124 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD772
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -11.91, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 51.44, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0345 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.124 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8543, 65.0330, 25.4740)
Luminance	0.6503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD772 #7277DC

analogous

#DCA272 #DCD772 #ACDC72

triadic

#DCD772 #72DCD7 #D772DC

tetradic

#DCD772 #72DCA2 #7277DC #DC72AC

square

#DCD772 #72DCA2 #7277DC #DC72AC

split-complementary

#DCD772 #72ACDC #A272DC

monochromatic

#AAA42A #D0C941 #DCD772 #E8E5A3 #F4F3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD772

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD772	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.124 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39d',
    500: '#dcd772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd772;
$custom-light: #e9e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86225,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD772

secondary

#464BAC

accent

#26C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD772

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

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