#DCDA79#DCDA79

#DCDA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.120 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA79
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -12.76, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 49.41, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0363 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.12 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0390, 66.7403, 27.9103)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA79 #797BDC

analogous

#DCA979 #DCDA79 #ADDC79

triadic

#DCDA79 #79DCDA #DA79DC

tetradic

#DCDA79 #79DCA9 #797BDC #DC79AD

square

#DCDA79 #79DCA9 #797BDC #DC79AD

split-complementary

#DCDA79 #79ADDC #A979DC

monochromatic

#ADAB2D #CFCD48 #DCDA79 #E9E7AA #F5F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DCDA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA79

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA79	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.120 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5a1',
    500: '#dcda79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda79;
$custom-light: #e8e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86946,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA79

secondary

#4A4CB0

accent

#23C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA79

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

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