#DCD79B#DCD79B

#DCD79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.078 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD79B
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -7.45, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 31.21, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0187 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.078 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.7324, 66.1842, 40.6322)
Luminance	0.6618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD79B #9BA0DC

analogous

#DCB69B #DCD79B #C0DC9B

triadic

#DCD79B #9BDCD7 #D79BDC

tetradic

#DCD79B #9BDCB6 #9BA0DC #DC9BC0

square

#DCD79B #9BDCB6 #9BA0DC #DC9BC0

split-complementary

#DCD79B #9BC0DC #B69BDC

monochromatic

#BBB241 #CCC56E #DCD79B #ECE9C8 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCD79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD79B

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD79B	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.078 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b9',
    500: '#dcd79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd79b;
$custom-light: #e7e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86885,
    "c": 0.07812,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD79B

secondary

#676DB4

accent

#35BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD79B

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

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