#DCD779#DCD779

#DCD779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.117 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD779
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -11.25, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 48.10, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.032 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.117 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2680, 65.1985, 27.6533)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD779 #797EDC

analogous

#DCA679 #DCD779 #B0DC79

triadic

#DCD779 #79DCD7 #D779DC

tetradic

#DCD779 #79DCA6 #797EDC #DC79B0

square

#DCD779 #79DCA6 #797EDC #DC79B0

split-complementary

#DCD779 #79B0DC #A679DC

monochromatic

#ADA72D #CFC948 #DCD779 #E9E5AA #F5F4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DCD779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD779

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD779	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.117 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a1',
    500: '#dcd779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd779;
$custom-light: #e8e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8632,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD779

secondary

#4A4FB0

accent

#28C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD779

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

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