#DCD09E#DCD09E

#DCD09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.067 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD09E
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 158)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -3.48, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 26.61, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0072 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.067 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2430, 62.7974, 41.3941)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD09E #9EAADC

analogous

#DCB19E #DCD09E #C9DC9E

triadic

#DCD09E #9EDCD0 #D09EDC

tetradic

#DCD09E #9EDCB1 #9EAADC #DC9EC9

square

#DCD09E #9EDCB1 #9EAADC #DC9EC9

split-complementary

#DCD09E #9EC9DC #B19EDC

monochromatic

#BCA444 #CCBA71 #DCD09E #ECE6CB #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DCD09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD09E

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD09E	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.067 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7debb',
    500: '#dcd09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd09e;
$custom-light: #e7debb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85515,
    "c": 0.06693,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD09E

secondary

#6A79B4

accent

#47BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD09E

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

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