#DCDB79#DCDB79

#DCDB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.121 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB79
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -13.26, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 49.85, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0377 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.121 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2991, 67.2605, 27.9970)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB79 #797ADC

analogous

#DCAA79 #DCDB79 #ACDC79

triadic

#DCDB79 #79DCDB #DB79DC

tetradic

#DCDB79 #79DCAA #797ADC #DC79AC

square

#DCDB79 #79DCAA #797ADC #DC79AC

split-complementary

#DCDB79 #79ACDC #AA79DC

monochromatic

#ADAC2D #CFCE48 #DCDB79 #E9E8AA #F5F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DCDB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB79

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB79	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.121 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6a1',
    500: '#dcdb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb79;
$custom-light: #e8e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87155,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB79

secondary

#4A4BB0

accent

#21C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB79

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

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