#DCD78B#DCD78B

#DCD78B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.097 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD78B
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 139)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -9.37, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 39.28, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0251 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.097 105)
XYZ	xyz(58.4766, 65.6819, 34.0185)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD78B #8B90DC

analogous

#DCAE8B #DCD78B #B8DC8B

triadic

#DCD78B #8BDCD7 #D78BDC

tetradic

#DCD78B #8BDCAE #8B90DC #DC8BB8

square

#DCD78B #8BDCAE #8B90DC #DC8BB8

split-complementary

#DCD78B #8BB8DC #AE8BDC

monochromatic

#B6AE37 #CEC75C #DCD78B #EAE7BA #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DCD78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD78B

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD78B	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.097 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3ae',
    500: '#dcd78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd78b;
$custom-light: #e8e3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86598,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.65681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD78B

secondary

#585EB3

accent

#2EC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD78B

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

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