#DCD778#DCD778

#DCD778 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.118 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD778
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -11.35, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 48.58, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0323 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.118 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2070, 65.1741, 27.3320)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD778 #787DDC

analogous

#DCA578 #DCD778 #AFDC78

triadic

#DCD778 #78DCD7 #D778DC

tetradic

#DCD778 #78DCA5 #787DDC #DC78AF

square

#DCD778 #78DCA5 #787DDC #DC78AF

split-complementary

#DCD778 #78AFDC #A578DC

monochromatic

#ADA62D #CFC947 #DCD778 #E9E5A9 #F5F4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD778

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD778	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.118 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a1',
    500: '#dcd778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd778;
$custom-light: #e8e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86306,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD778

secondary

#494EAF

accent

#27C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD778

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

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