#DCD878#DCD878

#DCD878 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.119 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD878
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -11.85, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 49.01, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0338 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.119 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.4625, 65.6849, 27.4171)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD878 #787CDC

analogous

#DCA678 #DCD878 #AEDC78

triadic

#DCD878 #78DCD8 #D878DC

tetradic

#DCD878 #78DCA6 #787CDC #DC78AE

square

#DCD878 #78DCA6 #787CDC #DC78AE

split-complementary

#DCD878 #78AEDC #A678DC

monochromatic

#ADA82D #CFCA47 #DCD878 #E9E6A9 #F5F4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DCD878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD878

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD878	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.119 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a1',
    500: '#dcd878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd878;
$custom-light: #e8e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86514,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD878

secondary

#494DAF

accent

#26C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD878

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

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