#DCD871#DCD871

#DCD871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.126 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD871
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -12.50, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 52.33, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0363 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.126 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0531, 65.5212, 25.2610)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD871 #7175DC

analogous

#DCA271 #DCD871 #AADC71

triadic

#DCD871 #71DCD8 #D871DC

tetradic

#DCD871 #71DCA2 #7175DC #DC71AA

square

#DCD871 #71DCA2 #7175DC #DC71AA

split-complementary

#DCD871 #71AADC #A271DC

monochromatic

#A9A42A #D0CB40 #DCD871 #E8E5A2 #F4F3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DCD871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD871

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD871	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.126 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39c',
    500: '#dcd871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd871;
$custom-light: #e9e39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.757,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86421,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD871

secondary

#4649AC

accent

#24C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD871

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

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