#DCD978#DCD978

#DCD978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.120 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD978
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -12.35, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 49.45, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0352 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.12 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7194, 66.1988, 27.5028)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD978 #787BDC

analogous

#DCA778 #DCD978 #ADDC78

triadic

#DCD978 #78DCD9 #D978DC

tetradic

#DCD978 #78DCA7 #787BDC #DC78AD

square

#DCD978 #78DCA7 #787BDC #DC78AD

split-complementary

#DCD978 #78ADDC #A778DC

monochromatic

#ADA92D #CFCB47 #DCD978 #E9E7A9 #F5F4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD978

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD978	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.120 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a1',
    500: '#dcd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd978;
$custom-light: #e8e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86723,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD978

secondary

#494CAF

accent

#24C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD978

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

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