#DCD09D#DCD09D

#DCD09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.068 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD09D
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 157)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -3.61, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 27.12, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0076 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.068 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1573, 62.7631, 40.9426)
Luminance	0.6276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD09D #9DA9DC

analogous

#DCB19D #DCD09D #C9DC9D

triadic

#DCD09D #9DDCD0 #D09DDC

tetradic

#DCD09D #9DDCB1 #9DA9DC #DC9DC9

square

#DCD09D #9DDCB1 #9DA9DC #DC9DC9

split-complementary

#DCD09D #9DC9DC #B19DDC

monochromatic

#BCA543 #CCBA70 #DCD09D #ECE6CA #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DCD09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD09D

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD09D	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)

#DACD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.068 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7deba',
    500: '#dcd09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd09d;
$custom-light: #e7deba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85495,
    "c": 0.06814,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD09D

secondary

#6978B4

accent

#46BB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD09D

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

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