#DCD08B#DCD08B

#DCD08B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.089 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD08B
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 139)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -5.81, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 36.25, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0148 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.089 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7322, 62.1930, 33.4371)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD08B #8B97DC

analogous

#DCA78B #DCD08B #BFDC8B

triadic

#DCD08B #8BDCD0 #D08BDC

tetradic

#DCD08B #8BDCA7 #8B97DC #DC8BBF

square

#DCD08B #8BDCA7 #8B97DC #DC8BBF

split-complementary

#DCD08B #8BBFDC #A78BDC

monochromatic

#B6A337 #CEBD5C #DCD08B #EAE3BA #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DCD08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD08B

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD08B	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.089 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dead',
    500: '#dcd08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd08b;
$custom-light: #e8dead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85157,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD08B

secondary

#5866B3

accent

#3CC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD08B

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

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