#DCD79F#DCD79F

#DCD79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.073 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD79F
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 27.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -6.94, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 29.17, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0171 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.073 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.0739, 66.3208, 42.4307)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD79F #9FA4DC

analogous

#DCB99F #DCD79F #C3DC9F

triadic

#DCD79F #9FDCD7 #D79FDC

tetradic

#DCD79F #9FDCB9 #9FA4DC #DC9FC3

square

#DCD79F #9FDCB9 #9FA4DC #DC9FC3

split-complementary

#DCD79F #9FC3DC #B99FDC

monochromatic

#BBB245 #CCC472 #DCD79F #ECEACC #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#DCD79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD79F

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD79F	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)

#E1D39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.073 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3bb',
    500: '#dcd79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd79f;
$custom-light: #e7e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86963,
    "c": 0.07325,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD79F

secondary

#6B71B4

accent

#37BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD79F

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

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