#DCD180#DCD180

#DCD180 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD180
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -7.52, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 42.15, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0206 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.2131, 62.3767, 29.4967)
Luminance	0.6238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD180 #808BDC

analogous

#DCA380 #DCD180 #B9DC80

triadic

#DCD180 #80DCD1 #D180DC

tetradic

#DCD180 #80DCA3 #808BDC #DC80B9

square

#DCD180 #80DCA3 #808BDC #DC80B9

split-complementary

#DCD180 #80B9DC #A380DC

monochromatic

#B1A231 #CFC050 #DCD180 #E9E2B0 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#DCD180 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD180

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD180	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea6',
    500: '#dcd180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd180;
$custom-light: #e8dea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85182,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD180

secondary

#4E5AB3

accent

#35C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD180

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

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