#DCD79D#DCD79D

#DCD79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.076 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD79D
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -7.20, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 30.19, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0179 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.076 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9017, 66.2520, 41.5241)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD79D #9DA2DC

analogous

#DCB89D #DCD79D #C2DC9D

triadic

#DCD79D #9DDCD7 #D79DDC

tetradic

#DCD79D #9DDCB8 #9DA2DC #DC9DC2

square

#DCD79D #9DDCB8 #9DA2DC #DC9DC2

split-complementary

#DCD79D #9DC2DC #B89DDC

monochromatic

#BCB243 #CCC570 #DCD79D #ECE9CA #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DCD79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD79D

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD79D	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.076 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3ba',
    500: '#dcd79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd79d;
$custom-light: #e7e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86923,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD79D

secondary

#696FB4

accent

#36BB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD79D

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

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