#DCD183#DCD183

#DCD183 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.100 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD183
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 131)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 40.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -7.20, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 40.67, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0194 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.1 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4135, 62.4569, 30.5520)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD183 #838EDC

analogous

#DCA583 #DCD183 #BBDC83

triadic

#DCD183 #83DCD1 #D183DC

tetradic

#DCD183 #83DCA5 #838EDC #DC83BB

square

#DCD183 #83DCA5 #838EDC #DC83BB

split-complementary

#DCD183 #83BBDC #A583DC

monochromatic

#B2A232 #CFBF53 #DCD183 #E9E3B3 #F7F4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DCD183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD183

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD183	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECC7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.100 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea8',
    500: '#dcd183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd183;
$custom-light: #e8dea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85229,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD183

secondary

#505DB3

accent

#36C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD183

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

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