#DCD975#DCD975

#DCD975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.123 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD975
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 117)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 46.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -12.63, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 50.87, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0363 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.123 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.5402, 66.1272, 26.5589)
Luminance	0.6613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD975 #7578DC

analogous

#DCA575 #DCD975 #ABDC75

triadic

#DCD975 #75DCD9 #D975DC

tetradic

#DCD975 #75DCA5 #7578DC #DC75AB

square

#DCD975 #75DCA5 #7578DC #DC75AB

split-complementary

#DCD975 #75ABDC #A575DC

monochromatic

#ABA72B #D0CC44 #DCD975 #E8E6A6 #F5F4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DCD975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD975

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD975	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.123 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49f',
    500: '#dcd975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd975;
$custom-light: #e9e49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86682,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD975

secondary

#484AAE

accent

#23C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD975

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

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