#DCD79A#DCD79A

#DCD79A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.079 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD79A
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 154)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -7.58, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 31.72, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0191 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.079 104)
XYZ	xyz(59.6488, 66.1508, 40.1917)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD79A #9A9FDC

analogous

#DCB69A #DCD79A #C0DC9A

triadic

#DCD79A #9ADCD7 #D79ADC

tetradic

#DCD79A #9ADCB6 #9A9FDC #DC9AC0

square

#DCD79A #9ADCB6 #9A9FDC #DC9AC0

split-complementary

#DCD79A #9AC0DC #B69ADC

monochromatic

#BBB241 #CCC56D #DCD79A #ECE9C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DCD79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD79A

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD79A	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.079 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b8',
    500: '#dcd79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd79a;
$custom-light: #e7e3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 48.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86866,
    "c": 0.07933,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.6615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD79A

secondary

#666CB4

accent

#35BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD79A

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

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