#DCD09B#DCD09B

#DCD09B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.071 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD09B
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 155)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -3.87, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 28.14, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.0084 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.071 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9880, 62.6953, 40.0507)
Luminance	0.6269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD09B #9BA7DC

analogous

#DCAF9B #DCD09B #C7DC9B

triadic

#DCD09B #9BDCD0 #D09BDC

tetradic

#DCD09B #9BDCAF #9BA7DC #DC9BC7

square

#DCD09B #9BDCAF #9BA7DC #DC9BC7

split-complementary

#DCD09B #9BC7DC #AF9BDC

monochromatic

#BBA541 #CCBB6E #DCD09B #ECE5C8 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DCD09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD09B

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD09B	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.071 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7deb9',
    500: '#dcd09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd09b;
$custom-light: #e7deb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85455,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD09B

secondary

#6775B4

accent

#45BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD09B

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

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