#DCD976#DCD976

#DCD976 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.122 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD976
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 118)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 46.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -12.54, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 50.40, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0359 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.122 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5993, 66.1508, 26.8702)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD976 #7679DC

analogous

#DCA676 #DCD976 #ACDC76

triadic

#DCD976 #76DCD9 #D976DC

tetradic

#DCD976 #76DCA6 #7679DC #DC76AC

square

#DCD976 #76DCA6 #7679DC #DC76AC

split-complementary

#DCD976 #76ACDC #A676DC

monochromatic

#ACA82C #D0CB45 #DCD976 #E8E7A7 #F5F4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DCD976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD976

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD976	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)

#E7D26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.122 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49f',
    500: '#dcd976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd976;
$custom-light: #e9e49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86696,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD976

secondary

#484BAE

accent

#24C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD976

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

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