#DCD877#DCD877

#DCD877 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD877
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -11.95, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 49.49, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0341 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4021, 65.6608, 27.0992)
Luminance	0.6566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD877 #777BDC

analogous

#DCA677 #DCD877 #AEDC77

triadic

#DCD877 #77DCD8 #D877DC

tetradic

#DCD877 #77DCA6 #777BDC #DC77AE

square

#DCD877 #77DCA6 #777BDC #DC77AE

split-complementary

#DCD877 #77AEDC #A677DC

monochromatic

#ACA72C #CFCA46 #DCD877 #E9E6A8 #F5F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DCD877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD877

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD877	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3a0',
    500: '#dcd877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd877;
$custom-light: #e9e3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86501,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD877

secondary

#484DAF

accent

#25C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD877

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

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