#DCD78E#DCD78E

#DCD78E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.094 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD78E
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -9.03, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 37.78, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0239 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.094 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6988, 65.7708, 35.1888)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD78E #8E93DC

analogous

#DCB08E #DCD78E #BADC8E

triadic

#DCD78E #8EDCD7 #D78EDC

tetradic

#DCD78E #8EDCB0 #8E93DC #DC8EBA

square

#DCD78E #8EDCB0 #8E93DC #DC8EBA

split-complementary

#DCD78E #8EBADC #B08EDC

monochromatic

#B7AF39 #CEC65F #DCD78E #EAE8BD #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DCD78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD78E

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD78E	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)

#E3D289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.094 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3b0',
    500: '#dcd78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd78e;
$custom-light: #e8e3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.154,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86649,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD78E

secondary

#5B61B3

accent

#2FC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD78E

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

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