#DCD09C#DCD09C

#DCD09C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.069 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD09C
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 156)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, -3.74, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 27.63, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.008 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.069 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0723, 62.7291, 40.4948)
Luminance	0.6273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD09C #9CA8DC

analogous

#DCB09C #DCD09C #C8DC9C

triadic

#DCD09C #9CDCD0 #D09CDC

tetradic

#DCD09C #9CDCB0 #9CA8DC #DC9CC8

square

#DCD09C #9CDCB0 #9CA8DC #DC9CC8

split-complementary

#DCD09C #9CC8DC #B09CDC

monochromatic

#BBA542 #CCBB6F #DCD09C #ECE5C9 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DCD09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD09C

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD09C	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.069 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7deb9',
    500: '#dcd09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd09c;
$custom-light: #e7deb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85475,
    "c": 0.06936,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD09C

secondary

#6877B4

accent

#46BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD09C

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

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