#DCD08A#DCD08A

#DCD08A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.091 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD08A
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -5.92, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 36.75, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0152 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.091 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6595, 62.1639, 33.0540)
Luminance	0.6216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD08A #8A96DC

analogous

#DCA78A #DCD08A #BFDC8A

triadic

#DCD08A #8ADCD0 #D08ADC

tetradic

#DCD08A #8ADCA7 #8A96DC #DC8ABF

square

#DCD08A #8ADCA7 #8A96DC #DC8ABF

split-complementary

#DCD08A #8ABFDC #A78ADC

monochromatic

#B5A336 #CEBD5B #DCD08A #EAE3B9 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DCD08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD08A

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD08A	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.091 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dead',
    500: '#dcd08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd08a;
$custom-light: #e8dead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8514,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD08A

secondary

#5765B3

accent

#3BC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD08A

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

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