#DCD78D#DCD78D

#DCD78D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.095 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD78D
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 141)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -9.14, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 38.28, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0243 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.095 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.6241, 65.7409, 34.7952)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD78D #8D92DC

analogous

#DCAF8D #DCD78D #B9DC8D

triadic

#DCD78D #8DDCD7 #D78DDC

tetradic

#DCD78D #8DDCAF #8D92DC #DC8DB9

square

#DCD78D #8DDCAF #8D92DC #DC8DB9

split-complementary

#DCD78D #8DB9DC #AF8DDC

monochromatic

#B7AF38 #CEC75E #DCD78D #EAE7BC #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD78D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DCD78D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD78D

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD78D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD78D	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd78d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.095 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3af',
    500: '#dcd78d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd78d;
$custom-light: #e8e3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd78d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86632,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD78D

secondary

#5A60B3

accent

#2FC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD78D

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

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