#DCD78A#DCD78A

#DCD78A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.098 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD78A
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -9.48, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 39.77, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0255 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.098 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4039, 65.6528, 33.6355)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD78A #8A8FDC

analogous

#DCAE8A #DCD78A #B8DC8A

triadic

#DCD78A #8ADCD7 #D78ADC

tetradic

#DCD78A #8ADCAE #8A8FDC #DC8AB8

square

#DCD78A #8ADCAE #8A8FDC #DC8AB8

split-complementary

#DCD78A #8AB8DC #AE8ADC

monochromatic

#B5AE36 #CEC75B #DCD78A #EAE7B9 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD78A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DCD78A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD78A

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD78A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD78A	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd78a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.098 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3ad',
    500: '#dcd78a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd78a;
$custom-light: #e8e3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd78a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86581,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD78A

secondary

#575DB3

accent

#2EC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD78A

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

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