#DCD977#DCD977

#DCD977 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.121 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD977
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -12.45, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 49.93, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0356 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.121 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6591, 66.1747, 27.1848)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD977 #777ADC

analogous

#DCA777 #DCD977 #ADDC77

triadic

#DCD977 #77DCD9 #D977DC

tetradic

#DCD977 #77DCA7 #777ADC #DC77AD

square

#DCD977 #77DCA7 #777ADC #DC77AD

split-complementary

#DCD977 #77ADDC #A777DC

monochromatic

#ACA82C #CFCB46 #DCD977 #E9E7A8 #F5F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DCD977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD977

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD977	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)

#E7D26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.121 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a0',
    500: '#dcd977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd977;
$custom-light: #e9e4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86709,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD977

secondary

#484CAF

accent

#24C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD977

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

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