#DCD181#DCD181

#DCD181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD181
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -7.41, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 41.66, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0202 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2793, 62.4032, 29.8450)
Luminance	0.6240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD181 #818CDC

analogous

#DCA381 #DCD181 #B9DC81

triadic

#DCD181 #81DCD1 #D181DC

tetradic

#DCD181 #81DCA3 #818CDC #DC81B9

square

#DCD181 #81DCA3 #818CDC #DC81B9

split-complementary

#DCD181 #81B9DC #A381DC

monochromatic

#B1A231 #CFC051 #DCD181 #E9E2B1 #F7F4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#DCD181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD181

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD181	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)

#DFCC7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea7',
    500: '#dcd181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd181;
$custom-light: #e8dea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85197,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD181

secondary

#4F5BB3

accent

#35C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD181

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

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