#DCD78C#DCD78C

#DCD78C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD78C
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 140)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -9.26, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 38.78, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0247 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5500, 65.7113, 34.4051)
Luminance	0.6571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD78C #8C91DC

analogous

#DCAF8C #DCD78C #B9DC8C

triadic

#DCD78C #8CDCD7 #D78CDC

tetradic

#DCD78C #8CDCAF #8C91DC #DC8CB9

square

#DCD78C #8CDCAF #8C91DC #DC8CB9

split-complementary

#DCD78C #8CB9DC #AF8CDC

monochromatic

#B6AE37 #CEC75D #DCD78C #EAE7BB #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD78C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DCD78C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD78C

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD78C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD78C	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	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)

#E3D287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3ae',
    500: '#dcd78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd78c;
$custom-light: #e8e3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86615,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD78C

secondary

#595FB3

accent

#2EC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD78C

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

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