#DCD979#DCD979

#DCD979 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.119 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD979
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -12.26, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 48.97, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0348 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.119 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7804, 66.2233, 27.8241)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD979 #797CDC

analogous

#DCA879 #DCD979 #AEDC79

triadic

#DCD979 #79DCD9 #D979DC

tetradic

#DCD979 #79DCA8 #797CDC #DC79AE

square

#DCD979 #79DCA8 #797CDC #DC79AE

split-complementary

#DCD979 #79AEDC #A879DC

monochromatic

#ADA92D #CFCB48 #DCD979 #E9E7AA #F5F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCD979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD979

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD979	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)

#E7D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.119 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a1',
    500: '#dcd979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd979;
$custom-light: #e8e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86737,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD979

secondary

#4A4DB0

accent

#24C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD979

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

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