#DCD980#DCD980

#DCD980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.111 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD980
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 128)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -11.56, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 45.59, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0322 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.111 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2254, 66.4012, 30.1674)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD980 #8083DC

analogous

#DCAB80 #DCD980 #B1DC80

triadic

#DCD980 #80DCD9 #D980DC

tetradic

#DCD980 #80DCAB #8083DC #DC80B1

square

#DCD980 #80DCAB #8083DC #DC80B1

split-complementary

#DCD980 #80B1DC #AB80DC

monochromatic

#B1AD31 #CFCB50 #DCD980 #E9E7B0 #F6F6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DCD980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD980

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD980	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.111 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a6',
    500: '#dcd980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd980;
$custom-light: #e8e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.043,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86838,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD980

secondary

#4E51B3

accent

#26C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD980

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

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