#DCD79E#DCD79E

#DCD79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.074 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD79E
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -7.07, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 29.68, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0175 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.074 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9875, 66.2863, 41.9756)
Luminance	0.6629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD79E #9EA3DC

analogous

#DCB89E #DCD79E #C2DC9E

triadic

#DCD79E #9EDCD7 #D79EDC

tetradic

#DCD79E #9EDCB8 #9EA3DC #DC9EC2

square

#DCD79E #9EDCB8 #9EA3DC #DC9EC2

split-complementary

#DCD79E #9EC2DC #B89EDC

monochromatic

#BCB244 #CCC471 #DCD79E #ECEACB #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#DCD79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD79E

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD79E	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.074 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3bb',
    500: '#dcd79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd79e;
$custom-light: #e7e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86943,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD79E

secondary

#6A70B4

accent

#37BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD79E

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

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