#DCD79C#DCD79C

#DCD79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.077 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD79C
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -7.33, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 30.70, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0183 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.077 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.8167, 66.2180, 41.0763)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD79C #9CA1DC

analogous

#DCB79C #DCD79C #C1DC9C

triadic

#DCD79C #9CDCD7 #D79CDC

tetradic

#DCD79C #9CDCB7 #9CA1DC #DC9CC1

square

#DCD79C #9CDCB7 #9CA1DC #DC9CC1

split-complementary

#DCD79C #9CC1DC #B79CDC

monochromatic

#BBB242 #CCC56F #DCD79C #ECE9C9 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCD79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD79C

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD79C	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	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)

#E1D398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.077 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b9',
    500: '#dcd79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd79c;
$custom-light: #e7e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86904,
    "c": 0.07691,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD79C

secondary

#686EB4

accent

#36BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD79C

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

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