#DCD080#DCD080

#DCD080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.102 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD080
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 128)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -7.01, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 41.74, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0191 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.102 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9685, 61.8876, 29.4151)
Luminance	0.6189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD080 #808CDC

analogous

#DCA280 #DCD080 #BADC80

triadic

#DCD080 #80DCD0 #D080DC

tetradic

#DCD080 #80DCA2 #808CDC #DC80BA

square

#DCD080 #80DCA2 #808CDC #DC80BA

split-complementary

#DCD080 #80BADC #A280DC

monochromatic

#B1A031 #CFBE50 #DCD080 #E9E2B0 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DCD080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD080

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD080	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECB7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.102 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea6',
    500: '#dcd080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd080;
$custom-light: #e8dea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84976,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD080

secondary

#4E5BB3

accent

#36C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD080

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

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