#DCD781#DCD781

#DCD781 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.108 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD781
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -10.45, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 44.22, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.029 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.108 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7791, 65.4029, 30.3450)
Luminance	0.6540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD781 #8186DC

analogous

#DCA981 #DCD781 #B3DC81

triadic

#DCD781 #81DCD7 #D781DC

tetradic

#DCD781 #81DCA9 #8186DC #DC81B3

square

#DCD781 #81DCA9 #8186DC #DC81B3

split-complementary

#DCD781 #81B3DC #A981DC

monochromatic

#B1AA31 #CFC851 #DCD781 #E9E6B1 #F7F5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DCD781 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD781

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD781	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.108 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a7',
    500: '#dcd781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd781;
$custom-light: #e8e3a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.703,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86438,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD781

secondary

#4F54B3

accent

#2AC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD781

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

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