#DCD08D#DCD08D

#DCD08D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.087 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD08D
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -5.58, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 35.25, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0141 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.087 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8797, 62.2520, 34.2137)
Luminance	0.6225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD08D #8D99DC

analogous

#DCA88D #DCD08D #C0DC8D

triadic

#DCD08D #8DDCD0 #D08DDC

tetradic

#DCD08D #8DDCA8 #8D99DC #DC8DC0

square

#DCD08D #8DDCA8 #8D99DC #DC8DC0

split-complementary

#DCD08D #8DC0DC #A88DDC

monochromatic

#B7A338 #CEBD5E #DCD08D #EAE3BC #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DCD08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD08D

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD08D	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.087 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8deaf',
    500: '#dcd08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd08d;
$custom-light: #e8deaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85192,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD08D

secondary

#5A67B3

accent

#3DC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD08D

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

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