#DCD08C#DCD08C

#DCD08C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.088 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD08C
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 140)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -5.69, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 35.75, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0144 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.088 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8056, 62.2224, 33.8236)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD08C #8C98DC

analogous

#DCA88C #DCD08C #C0DC8C

triadic

#DCD08C #8CDCD0 #D08CDC

tetradic

#DCD08C #8CDCA8 #8C98DC #DC8CC0

square

#DCD08C #8CDCA8 #8C98DC #DC8CC0

split-complementary

#DCD08C #8CC0DC #A88CDC

monochromatic

#B6A337 #CEBD5D #DCD08C #EAE3BB #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DCD08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD08C

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD08C	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)

#DCCC87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.088 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8deae',
    500: '#dcd08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd08c;
$custom-light: #e8deae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85175,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD08C

secondary

#5967B3

accent

#3CC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD08C

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

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