#DCDA78#DCDA78

#DCDA78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.121 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA78
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -12.85, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 49.89, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0366 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.121 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9780, 66.7159, 27.5890)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA78 #787ADC

analogous

#DCA878 #DCDA78 #ACDC78

triadic

#DCDA78 #78DCDA #DA78DC

tetradic

#DCDA78 #78DCA8 #787ADC #DC78AC

square

#DCDA78 #78DCA8 #787ADC #DC78AC

split-complementary

#DCDA78 #78ACDC #A878DC

monochromatic

#ADAA2D #CFCD47 #DCDA78 #E9E7A9 #F5F5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DCDA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA78

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA78	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.121 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5a1',
    500: '#dcda78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda78;
$custom-light: #e9e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86932,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA78

secondary

#494BAF

accent

#22C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA78

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

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