#DCD08E#DCD08E

#DCD08E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.086 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD08E
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -5.46, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 34.74, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0137 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.086 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9544, 62.2819, 34.6074)
Luminance	0.6228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD08E #8E9ADC

analogous

#DCA98E #DCD08E #C1DC8E

triadic

#DCD08E #8EDCD0 #D08EDC

tetradic

#DCD08E #8EDCA9 #8E9ADC #DC8EC1

square

#DCD08E #8EDCA9 #8E9ADC #DC8EC1

split-complementary

#DCD08E #8EC1DC #A98EDC

monochromatic

#B7A439 #CEBD5F #DCD08E #EAE3BD #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DCD08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD08E

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD08E	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.086 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8deaf',
    500: '#dcd08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd08e;
$custom-light: #e8deaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8521,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD08E

secondary

#5B68B3

accent

#3DC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD08E

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

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